The American Legion plays a special role in the lives of military veterans. It’s a source of fellowship, advocacy, healing, and support, as well as a venue through which its members give back to their communities.
New security policies will be enforced at local sporting events this fall, and community members shouldn’t contest them.
The need to protect vulnerable adults continues to rise with South Carolina’s growing population. But the state has failed to keep pace with that increase despite warnings, leaving a potentially dangerous gap in the investigation of abuse or neglect claims among people who can’t care for themselves.
A recent conflict between development and preservation came to a head in a suit filed against the Town of Mount Pleasant.
Each year, hundreds of South Carolina high schoolers get a close-up lesson in how government works as part of the Palmetto Boys State and Palmetto Girls State programs.
When S.C. lawmakers passed the gas-tax-hike bill last year, they promised every penny would go toward fixing deteriorating state roads and bridges.
Critics, though, said then that filling potholes that riddle South Carolina’s roadways was never the real priority.
Jay Nolan surveys his media empire from a shed-like building outside London, Kentucky.
In May, the House passed its first version of the state appropriations bill. After it was amended by the Senate, the budget returned to the House for another round of extensive revisions before going to conference committee.
Suicide is always a tragedy. And it is far too common.
The deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and chef and journalist Anthony Bourdain last week from suicide have sparked a needed conversation about mental health. But they are only high-profile examples of a heartbreaking trend in the United States.
The General Assembly recently turned down a request from the State Election Commission and Gov. Henry McMaster to expedite the replacement of the state’s aging voting machines, providing only $4 million of a $20 million request to get going on a project expected to cost about $50 million over two years.
