Polls are open across state, nation today until 7 p.m. Across the state, many local elections are taking place to fill mayoral seats, county council seats, city council seats, school board seats, and more. A new South Carolina law means uncontested races will remain on the ballot, which means they could face competition from write-in candidates. Nationwide, all eyes are on Virginia’s gubernatorial race. More: WISTV, The Post and Courier, The State, Charleston City Paper
- Massachusetts court hears S.C. slave photos dispute. The Massachusetts Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a lawsuit between Harvard University and a Black woman seeking to control historic images of nude enslaved people in South Carolina, whom she contends are her ancestors. More: The Post and Courier
- S.C. Ports union seeks Biden admin’s help in dispute. The union representing dockworkers at South Carolina’s port has called on the Biden administration for help resolving a dispute related to a new shipping terminal. In September, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled that the International Longshoremen’s Association could not prevent shipping lines from calling on the new Leatherman Terminal in Charleston over a dispute over whether non-union members can operate heavy-lift equipment at the terminal. The dispute comes amid a shipping snarl that has left shortages on goods across the nation. More: AP News
- Play focused on climate, children to premiere in Greenville. TV writer Dorothy Fortenberry will have the world premier of her new play “The Lotus Paradox” January at the Warehouse Theater in Greenville. The play asks, What happens when children are constantly receiving the message that it’s their job to save the world? More: The New York Times
- Statehouse Republicans want school board group to quit national group. The National School Boards Association asked the Biden administration to help with parents protesting mask and COVID-19 policies, describing them as “an immediate threat” to member safety. Now, 33 of Statehouse Republicans are asking the S.C. School Boards Association to withdraw from the national group. More: The Post and Courier
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