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Redevelopment and Preservation Commission
Event date: September 24, 2026 Event Time: 05:00 PM - 11:59 PM Location: Conference Call #: 1-646-931-3860 Meeting ID #: 895 1391 8696 Charleston, SC 29402
Ad Hoc Budget Committee
Event date: September 23, 2026 Event Time: 03:00 PM - 11:59 PM Location: Charleston, SC 29402
Special Events Committee
Event date: September 23, 2026 Event Time: 01:00 PM - 11:59 PM Location: Conference Call #: 1-646-931-3860 Webinar ID: 858 4447 807 Charleston, SC 29402
South Carolina dodged a bullet for midterm elections, officials say
The long-simmering fight over voting in this fall’s midterm elections came to a rolling boil this week when the U.S. Supreme Court effectively killed President Trump’s plan to give the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) unprecedented control over mail-in ballots in all 50 states.
S.C. pols debate suspending gas tax as prices soar
With South Carolina gas prices exploding past $4 a gallon this week, Palmetto State political leaders are reaching for the nearest lever to try to give angry consumers a break — a temporary suspension of the state’s 28-cents-per-gallon gas tax.
Knapp: S.C.’s elected leaders fail on NextEra/Dominion merger
NextEra and Dominion Energy felt it necessary to offer more benefits this week to Virginia ratepayers and the state’s economy to persuade its regulatory agency to approve the proposed merger of the two companies.
SHR 25.39: On election safety, gas tax, storms, merger
In the Sept. 18, 2026, issue of Statehouse Report, bureau chief Jack O’Toole shares what he learned in talking with state officials about the integrity of the November election process with a conclusion that we’ve dodged a bullet this year and things will be fine. He also shares…
New ACLU report is critical of S.C. juvenile justice system
Child advocates say the South Carolina juvenile justice system is failing the children who it is supposed to rehabilitate.
City Council
Event date: September 22, 2026 Event Time: 05:00 PM - 11:59 PM Location: 80 Broad Street Charleston, SC 29401
Committee on Ways and Means
Event date: September 22, 2026 Event Time: 04:30 PM - 11:59 PM Location: 80 Broad Street Charleston, SC 29401
Cleaveland, Carroll: Charleston should dump law that criminalizes peaceful protest
The city of Charleston in July 2021 adopted its First Amendment Demonstration Ordinance without public comment.
Charleston City Council greenlights $5 million in employee bonuses
Members of Charleston City Council on Sept. 8 moved forward a proposal to use $5 million from the city’s general fund reserve to pay for merit bonuses for employees across various city departments.