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BRACK: Legislators wasted two months of 2020 session

BRACK: Legislators wasted two months of 2020 session

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  With Americans burning up Zoom to conduct business meetings online and keep up with what’s happening in this year of an invisible enemy, you’ve got to wonder why state lawmakers mostly wasted the 2020 legislative session.

By cutting class for two months due to the novel coronavirus, they missed big opportunities to deal with Santee Cooper’s future, state pension shortfalls, teacher pay, educational improvement, the problems of vaping, gun loopholes, opioids and tax reform.  The list drags on. 

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NEW for 5/4: Pizza for police; Wasted time; Cinco de Mayo

NEW for 5/4: Pizza for police; Wasted time; Cinco de Mayo

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: West Ashley neighbors chip in to buy pizza for police, firefighters
COMMENTARY, Brack:  Legislators wasted two months of 2020 session
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:  Charleston Gaillard Center
NEWS BRIEFS:  Corona — the beer, not the virus — on tap for May 5
FEEDBACK: Tree butchers still at it
MYSTERY PHOTO: Big water
CALENDAR:  May 8 telethon to raise money for homeless hurt in pandemic
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Catawbas

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