A University of South Carolina “sorority girl” has been suspended by the school for writing a racial slur on a school library dry erase board. In a widely-circulated photo of the girl that sparked the controversy, she appears to be compiling a list of reasons why the school’s wireless internet “blows,” and includes a racial slur as one of bullet points. S.C. NAACP issued a statement decrying the comment, which it said is evidence that some people “wish they were still in Dixie.” Source: Daily Mail, AP, Daily Gamecock, The State

With ethics reform stalled, domestic violence legislation bogged down in the details, and state road funding reform disagreements threatening a pipeline of money to fix state highways, some in the Statehouse are voicing frustration with Speaker Jay Lucas, who is serving his first term as the leader of the House. State Sen. Katrina Shealy: “I think everybody wants to be a leader. It’s like a fiasco.” Source: AP, P&C

The town of Greenwood, S.C. has raised $20,000 in private money to replace a segregated war memorial plaque, but can’t until two-thirds of the state’s legislature gives the OK. State lawmakers seem reluctant to broach the subject out of fear it will restart debate over the Confederate flag, the monument the law blocking memorial changes was designed to protect. Source: AP

As 2016 candidates for the Republican presidential primary criss-cross the United States making their pitches to usually-conservative primary voters, some say U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s public policy positions, which don’t always toe the GOP line, could complicate the primary horserace, which usually operates in absolutes. Source: Politico

Graham on last week’s brokered deal with Iran on nuclear proliferation: “Hillary Clinton could do better.”

Amid increased criticism from lawmakers for what they see as an overly-bureaucratic agency that doesn’t tightly regulate state colleges and universities, the state Commission on Higher Education announced on Friday that it had accepted the resignation of its executive director, Dr. Richard Sutton. Source: Statehouse Report

SLED is reportedly investigating an incident Saturday morning in North Charleston where a local police officer shot and killed a man during a traffic stop after, what police reports say ,was a struggle. The family of the man says they’re hoping for more information about the incident. Source: P&C

Louis Jordan looked remarkably healthy on Friday when he strode off a Coast Guard helicopter that had picked him up from the tanker ship that had rescued him after being adrift in the open Atlantic Ocean for more than two months. So healthy, in fact, that some people don’t believe the details of his fascinating story of survival. Source: P&C, Washington Post

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