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Reporter covering SC for @SCDailyGazette. Formerly: @PCColumbia, @CoMissourian, @MUJSchool. Really into cats (animal) and CATS (movie). she/her
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As $2.7B interchange project advances, federal officials praise SC for clearing up congestion

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By Skylar Laird
| Greenville Business Magazine Verified
Construction on a new bridge over the Saluda River is underway beside Interstate 20 in Lexington, S.C., on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) LEXINGTON — A major Columbia-area interchange project to unsnarl a notorious bottleneck is a prime example of the work states should be doing to improve roadways, a federal highway official said Wednesday.
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Maryland hopes to pick all new Key Bridge contractors by spring 2027

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By Christine Condon Verified, Skylar Laird
| News from the States
After parting ways with the contractor once expected to build the new Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland is aiming to select four replacement contractors by late next spring. Disagreements over cost compelled the state to break ties in April with the Kiewit Corp., the large Nebraska-based firm that designed the new bridge, and split the construction project into four separate parts.
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Environmental groups take steps to sue to compel new protections for gray whales

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By Yereth Rosen Verified, Skylar Laird
| News from the States
Amid a decade of die-offs and a sharp decline in the population of gray whales that swim along the Pacific coast of North America, three environmental groups are preparing to sue the Trump administration over its failure to bring back Environmental Species Act protections for the animals.
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