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NEWS BRIEFS: Cunningham says S.C. should legalize marijuana

NEWS BRIEFS: Cunningham says S.C. should legalize marijuana

Staff reports  |  Former U.S. Rep. and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joe Cunningham of Charleston last week pushed for recreational and medicinal legalization of marijuana at the state level.

“It’s time for elected officials to admit that what we are doing has not been working although there are career politicians who would rather live in the past,” the 39-year-old Cunningham said in a veiled reference to GOP Gov. Henry McMaster, 74.

by · 07/19/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
NEWS BRIEFS: Blood donations needed across the Lowcountry

NEWS BRIEFS: Blood donations needed across the Lowcountry

Staff reports  |  More than 60 blood donation sites will be open over the next two weeks to help the American Red Cross meet what it calls a “severe blood shortage.” 

“Right now, the Red Cross needs to collect more than 1,000 additional blood donations (nationally) each day to meet current demand as hospitals respond to an unusually high number of traumas and emergency room visits, organ transplants and elective surgeries,” the agency said in a news release.

by · 07/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
BRIEFS: Changes expected for state public charter school law

BRIEFS: Changes expected for state public charter school law

BIG CHECK. Representatives from Jersey Mike’s Subs in the Charleston area presented a $250,000 check to MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital on June 23 for money raised during the company’s 11th annual Day of Giving in March.  Photo provided. 

PLUS: Changes expected to state public school charter law

by · 07/05/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
NEWS BRIEFS: Charleston Forum to kick off 2021 series on June 22

NEWS BRIEFS: Charleston Forum to kick off 2021 series on June 22

Staff reports  |  The Charleston Forum will hold the first discussion of its 2021 event series on June 22, a virtual panel addressing challenges and possible improvements in public education.

According to this story in the Charleston City Paper, results from the group’s new annual survey shows overwhelming support exists for dramatic reforms to improve quality of life in Charleston’s tri-county area, according to results from a survey published by The Charleston Forum. But intense disparities between local Black and white residents show diverging outlooks on the prospect for improved race relations in the community.

by · 06/21/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
Harris, right, will be in Greenville today.

NEWS BRIEFS: Harris to be in S.C. Monday for vaccination tour kickoff

Staff reports  |  Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Greenville Monday to kick off a national “Month of Action” tour to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19.  She is expected to deliver remarks at 12:15 p.m. at an event at the Phillis Wheatley Community center.

by · 06/14/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
Aerial view in 2018 of the MOX plant at Savannah River Site.  Photo is ©High Flyer, via SRS Watch.  Used by permission.

NEWS BRIEFS: Tons of nuclear waste predicted at proposed SRS project

Staff reports |  A plan to restart a defunct South Carolina nuclear facility near Aiken with a new mission has safety advocates worried about tons of new nuclear waste in a state with a checkered radioactivity record.

by · 06/07/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
Photos by English Purcell, via SC Ports.

NEWS BRIEFS: Whoa — that is a big ship

Staff reports  |  Hundreds of people snapped pictures last week as the largest ship ever to call on the East Coast sailed into the port of Charleston. The South Carolina Ports Authority welcomed the record-breaking CMA CGM MARCO POLO to Wando Welch Terminal on May 28. The vessel measures 1,300 feet long and can carry up to 16,022 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent container units).  That makes the ship as long as 1.5 USS Yorktowns and seven 787-8 Boeing-made Dreamliner jets.

by · 05/31/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
NEWS BRIEFS: Spoleto season starts May 28; Piccolo guide is now online

NEWS BRIEFS: Spoleto season starts May 28; Piccolo guide is now online

Staff reports  |  Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival returns May 28 with a slate of all-free, all-outdoor performances and safe, pandemic-friendly exhibitions that will scratch that itch you’ve been feeling to get out and experience the Holy City’s creative community.

by · 05/24/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
NEWS BRIEFS: Legislative work left on the table for summer, fall and 2022

NEWS BRIEFS: Legislative work left on the table for summer, fall and 2022

Staff reports  |  State lawmakers finished their regular legislative session Thursday but still have a lot of work this year.  In June, they’re expected to finish with reform to the state’s utility, Santee Cooper, and put final touches on the state’s $11 billion spending plan for 2021-22.  Then in the fall, they’ll return to Columbia to hammer out constitutionally-mandated redistricting and details of two supplemental appropriations bills.

by · 05/17/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
NEWS BRIEFS: Charleston’s Scott draws two Democratic challengers

NEWS BRIEFS: Charleston’s Scott draws two Democratic challengers

Staff reports  |  U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, a Charleston County Republican, now has two Democrats running to snare his seat — second-term state Rep. Krystle Matthews and Spartanburg County Democratic Party chair Angela Geter.

by · 05/10/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs