MORNING HEADLINES  |  Lowcountry Congresswoman and GOP gubernatorial candidate Nancy Mace made national headlines this weekend after police reports alleged she cursed at and berated officers Friday at the Charleston International Airport when a security escort did not appear as scheduled.

According to a memo by an airport officer, “She repeatedly stated we were ‘F*****g incompetent’ and ‘this is no way to treat a f*****g U.S. Representative.’  She also said we would never treat (U.S. Sen.) Tim Scott like this … The entire walk to gate B-8, she was cursing and complaining and often doing the same into her phone.”

A Mace staffer later told Newsweek: “Apparently, simply arriving at an airport now makes headlines if you’re leading the race for governor. … We are forced to take the congresswoman’s safety extremely seriously. After the world watched Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the threats against her have only intensified. Our security procedures are based solely on legitimate safety concerns, and any attempt to politicize this reality is both dangerous and reckless.”

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CP OPINION, Brack: Stop weaponizing hunger, federal workers to score points. “Republicans in Washington – members of Congress in particular – should be ashamed of themselves for using the federal government shutdown to score political points. They are weaponizing hunger to avoid dealing with a coming health care crisis of their own making.”

CP NEWS: Local voters head to polls Tuesday.  Area voters head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in several municipal elections, including half of the council seats in Charleston and Mount Pleasant as well as mayor of that town.

CP NEWS: $80B nuclear investment may help revive S.C. project.  Efforts to revive a scandal-scarred South Carolina nuclear power project got a major boost this week from the Trump administration as federal officials announced an $80 billion deal to jump-start new nuclear construction in the U.S.

GUN VIOLENCE: Halloween party shooting leaves 1 dead in downtown Charleston. Charleston police found a man dead in a hallway in a Morrison Drive apartment complex after an apparent argument at a party on Halloween. Another man was hurt. 

Boeing raises North Charleston production rate as Dreamliner demand grows. With more than $1 billion in new capital investment and the only other Dreamliner production line now shuttered, Boeing executives say the company’s North Charleston plant will see major growth for the next several years.

Drug-resistant bugs becoming more prevalent in S.C., nation. Doctors are warning that antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and want to see steps taken to protect the efficacy of the small number of drugs that still work.

Majority of 2026 S.C. voucher applicants already attend private or home school. The new program, which offers $7,500 private school vouchers to as many as 10,000 S.C. families, is open to households making 500% of the federal poverty rate, or $160,750 for a family of four.

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