South Carolina Daily Gazette

by Stuart White, SC Daily Gazette April 17, 2026 South Carolina’s public lands are some of our state’s greatest assets. From the forests and river corridors of the Midlands to the open spaces that define our rural communities, these lands provide places for families to gather, for sportsmen to hunt and fish, and for future generations to experience the natural beauty that makes South Carolina home.

by Dan Reider, SC Daily Gazette April 15, 2026 South Carolina continues to make improvements in education with the predominant publicized change being the increase in the of teachers. That’s intended, in part, to encourage more people to consider education as their profession. While this is a necessary first step, there is much more that needs to be done. So much of a person’s life revolves around their level of education.

by Lynn Teague, SC Daily Gazette April 14, 2026 The League of Women Voters was established 106 years ago in large part to promote the right and ability of girls and women to have a full voice in political decisions affecting their private and public lives. We continue to do so in opposing S.1095, introduced April 1 in the South Carolina Senate.

by Kyle Renfrow, SC Daily Gazette April 9, 2026 In my business, everything can be going right — until a shipment doesn’t show up. Then the whole job can start to unravel: crews sit idle, costs climb, and deadlines start slipping fast. It’s a reality that business owners across South Carolina and the country know too well. That’s exactly why stronger, more connected rail service isn’t just a transportation issue. It’s an economic one.

At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states, according to a study the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published Wednesday.

by Ellan Jenkinson, SC Daily Gazette April 8, 2026 Every college student in South Carolina — whether they attend a large university or a small rural college — depends on access to high quality academic resources. And they get it thanks to the Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries, or PASCAL.

South Carolina is growing fast, and our infrastructure must keep pace. As the General Assembly considers legislation to modernize the South Carolina Department of Transportation, including S. 831, there is a clear opportunity to strengthen how our state plans, funds and delivers critical infrastructure. From expanding metropolitan areas to rural highways, infrastructure is the backbone of our communities and economy.

It wasn’t supposed to go like this. Last year, the investor-owned utilities serving South Carolina promised the state Legislature that if they were just allowed to raise rates incrementally every year, there would be no need for large rate increases every three to five years in general rate cases.

A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators from the Midwest on Thursday asked the Commerce Department to investigate major agricultural machinery manufacturers, saying they paid shareholders handsomely while offshoring jobs. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Bernie Moreno, an Ohio Republican, asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to open an investigation under a law that allows tariffs to be used for national security purposes.

by Ashley Jones, SC Daily Gazette March 24, 2026 Every parent knows the feeling, the moment your child walks out the door, you trust they will come home safely. Whether it’s heading to school, practice, or a friend’s house, families across South Carolina expect that our communities are doing everything possible to protect children. But when a child is endangered, abducted, or targeted by criminals, hope alone isn’t enough. Law enforcement must have the tools necessary to act quickly.