The Agenda: Growth with some pain points; Confidential nuclear report; Metal detectors in public schools?

P&C has released a confidential 2011 report that detailed early faults in the ill-fated VC Summer nuclear project.

Charleston-area state Rep. Wendell Gilliard prefiled a bill last month to have walk-through metal detectors installed at all public schools in the state. Source: WBTW

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, who is also the vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, has been pushing to preserve tax breaks that could be done-away with in the Republican tax reform bill. Source: Politico

A new report by the Charleston Metro Chamber and a regional development group shows that while average annual pay is up 36 percent in Charleston over the past decade, employees cannot find housing near their jobs. Source: P&C

A larger Carnival cruise ship, the Sunshine, will be stationed in Charleston beginning in 2019. Source: P&C

Myrtle Beach-based journalist Issac Bailey for CNN: “Why partial justice for Walter Scott isn’t nearly enough”