U.S. Rep Jim Clyburn (D-S.C, 6th congressional district) is in the running to be the next and first black House speaker. Source: Politico
No more horsin’ around. Charleston carriage ride operators ask Charleston Carriage Horse Advocates to take down billboard on I-26. Source: Post and Courier
City of Charleston History Commission meets Wednesday to consider bringing statues of George Washington and Confederate Defenders of Charleston to life with tech. Source: Live 5
$714,285.71: the costs per member of the secretive seven-member Immigration Enforcement Unit, whose mission it is to “remove hardened criminals from South Carolina’s scattered population of undocumented immigrants.” Source: Post and Courier
Shareholders of SCANA vote to sell SCE&G to Virginia-based Dominion Energy. Source: New York Times
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