MORNING HEADLINES | Protests taking aim at U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are expected to bring thousands together across the country on Saturday.
Only one officially sanctioned protest will take place in the Lowcountry after another planned for downtown Charleston was apparently canceled due to confusion and conflicts with the annual Cooper River Bridge Run planned for the same day.
The April 5 protests, being conducted under the name “Hands Off,” are planned in all 50 states, including a dozen scheduled across South Carolina, according to mobilize.us. The national effort is being promoted, in part, by the progressive group MoveOn, which expects more than 250,000 protestors nationwide to participate this weekend.
South Carolina demonstrations in the Lowcountry are planned in:
- Summerville, beginning at noon
- Bluffton, beginning at 4 p.m.
- Beaufort, beginning at 4 p.m.
- Hilton Head Island, beginning at 2 p.m.
- Pawleys Island, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Other planned protests are scheduled for Columbia, Newberry, Seneca, Spartanburg, Anderson, Florence and Rock Hill.
An interactive map of all planned demonstrations with event details is available at mobilize.us/handsoff/map.
In Friday’s issue of the Charleston City Paper:
CP OPINION: Have you had enough ‘winning’ yet? “President Donald Trump promised Americans a lot of ‘winning’ during his second term as president, but the chaos of the last two months shows anything but victories. Instead, Washington is in chaos.”
- CP CARTOONS: Stegelin: Your emoji game is killer
- CP CARTOONS: Nancy Mace, what was that?
CP NEWS: Annual Charleston Bridge Run generates wellness, lifetimes of memories. The Cooper River Bridge Run will welcome more than 35,000 runners to Mount Pleasant this year to run across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge through downtown.
- Where to eat, drink and party after the Bridge Run
- Summerville prepares for 52nd annual Flowertown Festival.
CP NEWS: Progress is slow on Charleston’s Union Pier, but advocates say that’s OK. There’s been little done in public about the controversial Union Pier site in downtown Charleston since local billionaire philanthropist Ben Navarro announced his intent to purchase the 70-acre piece of developable and historic property.
CP NEWS: Charleston newscaster writes book on family’s struggles. Television journalist Raphael James covers breaking news stories across the Lowcountry, but there was one story he did not want to discuss. For years, James held secret his family’s struggle with mental disorders that sent his teenage son into fits of rage and stole his father’s memories.
CP FOOD: European-inspired bistro Merci now open in Harleston Village. Merci, a new neighborhood bistro from chef Michael Zentner and his wife Courtney, is now open at 28 Pitt St. in downtown Charleston.
CP ARTS: Fashion, art intersect in Charleston’s Gibbes show. Explore the unconscious mind and embrace the absurd April 26 at the Gibbes Museum of Art when it quivers with excitement as it presents Sew Surreal, a surrealist-themed fashion show that blends art and fashion design.
In other headlines:
A decade after Walter Scott’s death, how has North Charleston police evolved? The shooting death of Walter Scott 10 years ago forced the city’s police department to reevaluate its practices and relationship with the Black communities they serve for years to come.
Art Charleston festival returns with culinary village, fashion show, more. To honor the connective nature of creativity, the Gibbes Museum of Art launched the Art Charleston festival in 2022 to showcase the lively arts scene cultivated in the Holy City. The five-day fête returns April 23-27 with a dynamic schedule of events.
Charleston mayor asks for county partnership in homeless housing project. Mayor William Cogswell presented plans to Charleston County in hopes of helping a growing issue in the Lowcountry.
Utilities, environmental groups back deal to build Lowcountry gas plant. After killing a similar bill last session, the S.C. Senate came to a late-night agreement April 2 that would reform the state’s energy permitting process and clear the way for the conversion of a former Lowcountry coal-fired power plant to natural gas.
CSU predicts above-average activity for 2025 hurricane season. Colorado State University, one of the most prestigious entities that releases these forecasts, predicts 17 named storms this season, seven of which will be hurricanes, and four of which will be major hurricanes.
S.C. Senate passes sweeping energy bill aimed at meeting the state’s growing needs. The S.C. Senate passed a long-anticipated bill clearing the path for a new power plant in South Carolina and fulfilling its pledge to address future energy needs in the rapidly growing Palmetto State.
McMaster’s public health pick fails to advance; GOP pushback pauses tax plan. The S.C. Senate Medical Affairs Committee declined to give a favorable report to Gov. Henry McMaster’s nominee, Dr. Edward Simmer, to lead the Department of Public Health. Meanwhile, concerns within the House Republican Caucus have now delayed a GOP-pushed income tax rate plan that estimates found would hike taxes for six of 10 filers.
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