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South Carolina reporting its first confirmed measles case for 2025 in an Upstate resident. It's the state's first case since September 2024, which also was an Upstate resident. southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2025-0…

Latest potential 2028 presidential candidate visiting South Carolina update: Per a staffer for Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, he will have stops in Greenville and Columbia on July 16, and Charleston and Georgetown County on July 17.

New: Iowa Dems plot a caucus comeback. Even if the DNC doesn’t put them first, some are arguing to hold the caucuses the same day as the GOP anyway. Pete and Walz have made the trip. Gallego and Rahm have trips scheduled. The Hawkeye State strikes back axios.com/2025/07/10/iow…

👏👏 Why does Taylor St. have so many lanes? Columbia, SCDOT considering road diet for wide thoroughfare. postandcourier.com/columbia/news/…

As President Trump heads to Texas to see the impact of last week’s deadly flash floods, the White House has backed away from plans to abolish FEMA, officials said. wapo.st/40b21hP

Updated with a sidebar by Skylar Laird: It's a near-guarantee SC will participate. The question is who needs to approve it. scdailygazette.com/2025/07/11/rep…

Story here: postandcourier.com/politics/josh-…

And that’s 3 in the GOP race

NPR chief executive Katherine Maher and her corporate team are addressing the network's staffer in what is billed as a 30 minute meeting. I am not attending, as the event is designated off the record. That said, I will post some elements as they are shared with me.

Sticking to July 27 date, Congressman Ralph Norman will make an announcement in Rock Hill Sunday "regarding the future of South Carolina." If Norman announces for gov, he'll be the 4th GOP candidate in the race after Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, Sen. Josh Kimbrell and AG Alan Wilson.

There are 8,400 bridges in the state’s road system, and the department estimates that 2,400 of those bridges are 60 years or older. Just last week, SCDOT Commission OK'd a $634M bridge construction and modernization program. southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2025-0…

SC transportation department says the Upstate bridge collapse/damage was caused by a truck that weighed more than the restricted weight limit. Construction expected to last until early next year.

Multimillion dollar land protection deal announced in South Carolina Forest land near SC coast to be protected. It’s a nesting site for rare birds thestate.com/news/local/env…

Never been a better time than now for newsrooms to invest in Statehouse budget reporting.

“Release all the Epstein stuff,” Sen. Lindsey Graham told me. “I want to protect victims but be as transparent as you can with Epstein.”

Rep. Ralph Norman for Governor, among the most conservative Republicans in the U.S. House, is entering South Carolina’s 2026 governor’s race today, his campaign told me. My latest: apnews.com/article/ralph-…

Britt + 13 other GOP senators pressing Trump admin to unfreeze NIH funding Regulars are on here but some interesting signatories - Graham, McCormick, Tim Scott