Senator Scott’s committee assignments

In the 118th Congress, South Carolina’s junior senator Tim Scott will serve on five committees. Scott’s office says those committee include Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, on which he is the ranking member, along with committees on Foreign Relations and Finance.  Additionally, Scott assignments are the Special Committee on Aging and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Cruelty to child alleged at child care center

A Mountain Rest woman, arrested Wednesday, is accused in a warrant released by Oconee Sheriff’s Office of cruelty to a child.  The accused, Annette Waldrep James, 55, of Mountain Rest, while in charge of a child at the Homestead Academy near Westminster, is accused of taping a child’s fingers together with masking tape.  An Oconee deputy on January 20 investigated […]

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A privilege that should be denied an illegal immigrant — Graham says

Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today said he opposes a District of Columbia Council decision which allows illegal immigrants to vote in local elections and signed onto a Senate resolution to block the measure from taking effect.   “Nothing should be more offensive to the American people than allowing illegal immigrants to participate in our elections,” said Graham.  “Just when you […]

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Clemson named in police-involved shooting death

Clemson has been named the defendant in a civil lawsuit for the personal representative of a man shot dead in a police-involved shooting in 2021 outside a College Avenue convenience store.   The suit, for Jamie Williams, personal representative of the estate of Gregory Chandler Metz, was filed against the city of Clemson yesterday morning in the Pickens County Common Pleas […]

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A year later, the regional Greenway

Clemson’s elected leaders are primed to act next week on phase one of a regional greenway.  The Pickens County municipality received interest from at least five contractors.  The idea to connect the trail west into Oconee County a year ago was met with division on the part of Oconee’s (then) five-member county council.  In a vote of 3-2 on February […]

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