The South Carolina House of Representatives passed the bill on April 6, 2023, and the Senate is expected to debate it this year. South Carolina’s equine industry has a $1.9 billion economic impact and provides 30,000 jobs across the state, primarily in rural areas. With passage of this transformational piece of legislation, those figures are expected to increase.

South Carolina is home to 3.1 million worth of wetland forests, including the natural gem that is Congaree National Park. The economic value of these forests equates to $39.6 billion, which is broken down by $11.9 billion through protection from extreme events, $9.8 billion in aesthetics, tourism, and recreation, $9 billion from water supply and waste treatment, $5.7 billion via food and pollination, $3.4 billion per regulating services, and $180 million with raw materials.

The bill bill would bar citizens of “foreign adversary” nations from buying property in the state. That current list includes China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and Cuba, and was approved by a vote of 31-5 (nine excused absences).

Every year, Piedmont Natural Gas responds to thousands of natural gas emergencies caused by excavating projects damaging underground pipelines. In 2022, Piedmont reported over 2,700 cuts to natural gas lines in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The majority of these could have been avoided with a call to 811.

New legislation has been proposed that is aimed at improving conservation efforts. The South Carolina Conservation Enhancement Act (S.280/H.3786) could dedicate more than $20 million a year for land and water protection, as well as create public green spaces and historic sites for rural communities.

We do not owe it to Greenville to become their bedroom community at the cost of the very way of life that many of us hold dear in this county. Our farmlands and woodlands are being bulldozed by dozens and hundreds of acres. We must take control before it is too late.

Communities with a higher number of primary care physicians (family medicine, pediatrics, general internal medicine) are healthier and people in those communities live longer. Having a primary care physician really makes a difference in your health.

But another, more radical group of Republicans has emerged in recent years with agendas that are at odds with their party’s historic understanding of the role of government.  

Every election cycle, the question of "who would want to run for office?" is followed by jokes or worse about “politicians.” 

Clearly, the research case for vouchers doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, while the research case against them has been flashing warning lights for almost a decade.

That goal remains mostly unrealized in public schools, many of which, have become political equity chips for those who would not only oppose teaching the history of black citizens in America, but are passing laws to limit what can be taught in regards to racial history in this general. 

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” - MLK, Jr.