Just in: A South Carolina circuit court judge has temporarily blocked @henrymcmaster's decision to use $32M of federal coronavirus aid to fund private school vouchers postandcourier.com/politics/sc-ju…
@henrymcmaster Skyler Hutto, the son of @BradHutto, argued McMaster's plan violates a portion of the state constitution that prevents the government from funding private/religious education.
"Working families in South Carolina are struggling to make ends meet during this pandemic and every parent should have the opportunity to choose the educational instruction that best suits their child’s needs." postandcourier.com/politics/sc-ju…
Good morning from Beaufort, where @PeteButtigieg is set to begin a weekend in South Carolina.
Several hundred folks were undeterred by the rain and are now filing in. #SC2020
@PeteButtigieg Opening with a shoutout to SC Dems, GA Dems and IN Dems in attendance, @PeteButtigieg says "we know that there is no such thing as a permanently red state." #SC2020
"There has never been a moment of greater urgency," @PeteButtigieg tells Dem voters in Beaufort, listing plans for rural healthcare/internet, tackling systemic racism and gun safety.
"I think we may even be under-reacting to the stakes of the moment we're living in." #SC2020
THREAD: Today, S.C. utility regulators cut power rates 17 months after a massive nuclear project was nixed. It's way less than many hoped, but still billions of dollars in future savings for the public.
It may not have happened without the work of unrelenting local reporters.
2) Those reporters are too humble to take credit for what they did, so I'll give it to them in the form of a few highlights.
3) Within weeks of the project getting cancelled, @Andy_Ed_Brown had uncovered early signs of "incompetence at every level" that had gone unheeded as SCE&G continued to collect ratepayer money for their "sexy" failing project: postandcourier.com/business/early…