Charleston Currents

BRACK: Bald power grab could frazzle election process

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The S.C. Election Commission is facing the possibility of a governing board that’s more partisan and beholden to the legislature after its director suggested pandemic changes to expand access to absentee voting in the November election.

by Andy Brack · 02/22/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

S.C. House Speaker Jay Lucas, R-Darlington.

BRACK: Don’t miss the opportunity for education reform

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | House Speaker Jay Lucas is a man on a mission to reform South Carolina’s failing education system for the first time in more than 30 years.

“We have left generations of children in poverty behind in this state and every year that we don’t act [on education], we’ll continue to do that,” said Lucas, a powerfully built Hartsville Republican whose tired eyes mask a palpable intensity.

by Andy Brack · 02/18/2019 · 2 comments · Andy Brack, Views

2/18: Oyster roast photos; Education reform; Azaleas

IN THIS ISSUE of Charleston Currents #11.15 | Feb. 18, 2019

FOCUS: Photos from a Lowcountry oyster roast
COMMENTARY, Brack: Don’t miss the opportunity for education reform
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
GOOD NEWS: Celebrating azaleas, history and sweet tea in Summerville
FEEDBACK: Tell us what you think
RECOMMENDED: Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs, by Dave Holmes
MYSTERY PHOTO: Who’s this old guy?
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Reformed Episcopal Church
CALENDAR: Charleston Museum oyster roast is Saturday

by Charleston Currents · 02/18/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

Brack: “Dum spiro spero” on S.C. public education

By Andy Brack | Twenty years from now, historians just might look back on the past week as the tipping point for state legislators finally “getting it” that public education, particularly in rural areas, needs a lot of attention, not episodic Band-aids.

The state House of Representatives finally seems to have a leader — a man who grew up in the Corridor of Shame’s Darlington County — who is walking the walk, not just talking the talk about public education.

by Andy Brack · 03/02/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views