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Charleston, South Carolina waits for the Supreme Court Decision on the legality of the first congressional district

Charleston, South Carolina waits for the Supreme Court Decision on the legality of the first congressional district

by Andrew Zi-Qi Fang and Phillip Powell | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics

CHARLESTON — The city of Charleston is one of the most important voting rights battlegrounds in the country. In 2021, the Republican-led legislature redrew the congressional districts in the state, pushing 30,000 black voters and two-thirds of the black...
Food deserts persist as Congress seeks to help

Food deserts persist as Congress seeks to help

by Juliann Ventura | Mar 7, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — By the time Tracie Killar was 17, she said much of the food she ate contained too much sugar and there were health consequences from it. Killar, who has lived in upstate New York for more than 50 years, grew up in Albany’s South End area, a food desert...
House Committee attacks Biden’s border policies

House Committee attacks Biden’s border policies

by Yiqing Wang | Mar 7, 2024 | Immigration, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing on Mar.7 to examine President Joe Biden’s inability to maintain border security, calling for a change in the current immigration law. While both...

‘Uncommitted’ voters and Haley supporters may cause trouble for Biden and Trump

by Meaghan Downey | Mar 6, 2024 | Politics

WASHINGTON – The primaries may not be a predictor of what is to come in November, but if Tuesday’s contests revealed anything, it’s that President Biden and former President Trump may find more opposition from within their own parties than outside of them, experts...
Haley looks ahead to Michigan after South Carolina primary on Saturday

Haley looks ahead to Michigan after South Carolina primary on Saturday

by Yiqing Wang | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Politics

NEWBERRY, South Carolina – Despite losses in early primaries and low poll numbers in her home state, Nikki Haley projected confidence and determination during her “Beast of the Southeast” bus tour in South Carolina, holding four rallies in two days...
Nearly three-quarters of South Carolina election officials have quit

Nearly three-quarters of South Carolina election officials have quit

by Nicole Norman | Feb 27, 2024 | Featured, Politics

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Here in South Carolina, the spread of distrust in the integrity of voting has caused election administrators to quit at high rates. According to Issac Cramer, executive director of the Charleston County Board of Elections, 70 percent of top election...
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