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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 5d

National housing expert: US must build its way out of housing crisis scdailygazette.com/2025/10/03/r... from our affiliate @ncnewsline.com

National housing expert: US must build its way out of housing crisis • SC Daily Gazette

A national housing expert said the U.S. hasn’t kept pace with housing demands and has a shortage of more than 4 million homes.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 5d

Firing over Charlie Kirk post was unconstitutional, former Clemson professor claims in lawsuit scdailygazette.com/2025/10/03/f... by @sky-latte.bsky.social

Firing over Charlie Kirk post was unconstitutional, former Clemson professor claims in lawsuit • SC Daily Gazette

The Clemson University professor's firing violated his First Amendment right to free speech, the lawsuit argued.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 5d

SC health officials urge vaccination as measles spreads in Upstate

Five cases have been reported in the past week. All eight people diagnosed in SC this year were unvaccinated.

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SC health officials urge vaccination as measles spreads in Upstate • SC Daily Gazette

Five cases have been reported in the past week, breaking a state record for infections since 2000, health officials said

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 5d

Some SC officials want to give bonuses for law enforcement officers helping ICE scdailygazette.com/2025/10/03/s... by @sky-latte.bsky.social

Some SC officials want to give bonuses for law enforcement officers helping ICE • SC Daily Gazette

The money could help with recruitment and retention, especially among retirees, said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Gov. Henry McMaster

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 5d

How the federal shutdown is playing out across the government scdailygazette.com/2025/10/03/r... from @statesnewsroom.com

How the federal shutdown is playing out across the government • SC Daily Gazette

States Newsroom's D.C. team scoured agency plans published by the Trump administration and the courts, and produced this guide.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 6d

SC’s 40,000 military members remain on duty without pay amid federal government shutdown scdailygazette.com/2025/10/02/s... by @jmholdman.bsky.social

SC's 40,000 military members remain on duty without pay amid federal government shutdown • SC Daily Gazette

SC's 40,000 active duty military members continue to work without pay amid the ongoing shutdown of the national government.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 6d

State AGs push Bondi to support death penalty for child rapists scdailygazette.com/2025/10/02/s... from the @lailluminator.com

State AGs push Bondi to support death penalty for child rapists • SC Daily Gazette

Alan Wilson joined AGs from 14 other states asking the Trump administration to challenge a 2008 death penalty ruling on child rapists.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 6d

New stamp honoring Jimmy Carter unveiled on the late former president’s 101st birthday scdailygazette.com/2025/10/02/r... from @georgiarecorder.com

New stamp honoring Jimmy Carter unveiled on the late former president’s 101st birthday • SC Daily Gazette

For many who knew him, a postage stamp is a fitting tribute to the former president. Wednesday would have been Carter’s 101st birthday.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 6d

Father of slain 22-year-old Logan Federico wants federal prosecutors to handle daughter’s murder case scdailygazette.com/2025/10/02/f... by @jmholdman.bsky.social

Father of slain 22-year-old wants federal prosecutors to handle daughter's murder case • SC Daily Gazette

The father of slain 22-year-old Logan Federico wants his daughter’s case handled by the federal prosecutors who will seek the death penalty.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 6d

What the government shutdown means for USDA agencies scdailygazette.com/2025/10/01/r... from our affiliate the @iowacapitaldispatch.com

What the government shutdown means for USDA agencies • SC Daily Gazette

More than half of USDA staff will be furloughed during the government shutdown. Some key programs will persist through the shutdown.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 6d

ICYMI: Anti-abortion groups split over proposal that could make SC’s ban the strictest nationwide scdailygazette.com/2025/10/01/a... by @sky-latte.bsky.social

Anti-abortion groups split over proposal that could make SC's ban the strictest nationwide • SC Daily Gazette

The bill would remove exceptions for rape, incest and fatal fetal anomalies. Women could also be prosecuted for having an abortion.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 7d

White House warns of ‘imminent’ mass layoffs in government shutdown scdailygazette.com/2025/10/01/r... from @statesnewsroom.com's @jennifershutt.bsky.social and @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social

White House warns of ‘imminent’ mass layoffs in government shutdown • SC Daily Gazette

Vice President JD Vance says the administration is looking for ways to get a handful of more Democrats to approve a bill to reopen government.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 7d

Judge refuses to block voter data transfer, noting election agency’s promise to sign agreement first scdailygazette.com/briefs/judge...

Judge refuses to block voter data transfer, noting election agency's promise to sign agreement first • SC Daily Gazette

Judge Daniel Coble's ruling doesn't mean a transfer of voter data is imminent. State officials say they're still working on an ageement.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 7d

Rebuilding a century-old homestead after a once-in-a-century storm scdailygazette.com/2025/10/01/r... from @ncnewsline.com's @galenb.bsky.social

Rebuilding a century-old homestead after a once-in-a-century storm • SC Daily Gazette

Hurricane Helene devastated their home and livelihood. Friends, church groups and strangers are helping them rebuild.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 7d

COMMENTARY from two medical students: SC already has maternity care deserts. Fear of abortion laws is driving future doctors like me away. scdailygazette.com/2025/10/01/i...

SC already has maternity care deserts. Fear of abortion laws is driving future doctors like me away. • SC Daily Gazette

Commentary from Alex Fossum, a medical student at the University of South Carolina, with input from a medical student in Tennessee.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 7d

Federal government shutdown begins, with no easy exit in sight scdailygazette.com/2025/09/30/r... by @statesnewsroom.com's @jennifershutt.bsky.social and @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social

Federal government shutdown begins, with no easy exit in sight • SC Daily Gazette

Senators voted 55-45 on Republicans’ bill that would fund the government for seven weeks and 47-53 on a Democratic proposal. Both failed.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 8d

FCC votes to move forward with cellphone jamming, a longtime priority for SC prisons scdailygazette.com/2025/09/30/f... by @sky-latte.bsky.social

FCC votes to move forward with cellphone jamming, a longtime priority for SC prisons • SC Daily Gazette

The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to accept public comment on a policy allowing cellphone jamming in state prisons.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 8d

A year after deadly Hurricane Helene, South Carolinians continue to rebuild scdailygazette.com/2025/09/30/a... by @jmholdman.bsky.social

A year after deadly Hurricane Helene, South Carolinians continue to rebuild • SC Daily Gazette

It's been a year since Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast as one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 8d

A majority of US children rely on Medicaid or CHIP, new study finds

SC's Medicaid program covered 630,000 children under age 19, as of June 1

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A majority of US children rely on Medicaid or CHIP, new study finds • SC Daily Gazette

A majority of children in the United States rely on Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program at some point by their 18th birthday, and many experience periods of coverage loss, according to...

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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 9d

Former Rep. RJ May pleads guilty to sending ‘disgusting and depraved’ child sex abuse videos scdailygazette.com/2025/09/29/f... by @sky-latte.bsky.social