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In this May 25, 2017 file photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks during a meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Voters in South Carolina's 5th Congressional District choose , Tuesday, June 20, 2017, between a Republican, Ralph Norman, backing the Trump administration and a Democrat, Archie Parnell, who claims to be best aligned with district voters to replace Mulvaney.
More than half of South Carolina Connections Academy's 2017 graduating seniors plan to attend two- or four-year colleges at institutions including Carnegie Mellon University, Clemson University, Columbia College, Emerson College, Furman University, Purdue University, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of South Carolina and Savannah College of Art and Design, while 10 percent plan to further their education through vocational training. In total, the school's graduating seniors have secured more than $1.4 million in scholarship funds a testament to their academic success.
In this Oct. 19, 2006 file photo, Ralph Norman, speaks during a debate in Rock Hill, S.C. Archie Parnell won the Democratic primary in the special election for South Carolina's 5th District. Parnell for Congress/Provided FILE- In this Oct. 19, 2006 file photo, Ralph Norman, speaks during a debate in Rock Hill, S.C. COLUMBIA, S.C. - Candidates vying to replace Mick Mulvaney in Congress are making their final televised pitches just days before voters will pick among them.
State Bureau of Protective Services officers arrested a man over the weekend after he allegedly smashed windows on the State House grounds. At around 4 a.m. Sunday, officers saw a man coming down the south steps of the State House with a 2x4 in his hand.
In this July 8, 2015 file photo, Rep. Tommy Pope, R-York, speaks in Columbia, S.C. The special election spotlight has rolled on to South Carolina, where Republican runoff voters are now tasked with deciding which mainstream Republican they'll choose as their pick to keep Mick Mulvaney's former seat in GOP control. Tommy Pope and Ralph Norman are up for election in Tuesday's GOP runoff in the 5th Congressional District.
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In this Friday, July 23, 2010, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden chats with former U.S. Sen. Ernest Fritz Hollings during the dedication ceremony of the new Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library in Columbia, S.C. Hollings is being honored outside the federal courthouse in Charleston that used to bear his name. Biden is the main speaker Monday, April 17, 2017, at the dedication of a Hollings statue outside the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center.
"The reign of South Carolina's Homecoming Queen has come to an end." - S.C. Common Cause Director John Crangle, Free Times, Feb. 1. I don't know John Crangle, but I've long been a fan.
In this Aug. 28, 1963, file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. As civil rights leaders and activists gather Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at sites across the country to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the slain civil rights leader's daughter Bernice King is encouraging Americans to fight for his vision of love and justice "no matter who is in the White House."
Gov. Nikki Haley was supposed to leave the Statehouse when her second and final term in office ended in January 2019. Haley's confirmation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations could come soon after President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration - setting off an early seismic shift in the Palmetto State from the next legislative session to the 2018 governor's race to the upcoming presidential elections.
FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump, left, stands with investor Wilbur Ross after meeting at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Trump is poised to ... . In this Jan. 8, 2015 photo, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley along with her family, husband Michael, daughter Rena, and son Nalin sit for a portrait in the drawing room of the Governor's Mansion, in Columbia, S.C. President-ele... PALM BEACH, Fla.
In this Oct., 4, 2014 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, right, and her husband Michael Haley, left, listen to early election results at the Haley campaign headquarters, in Columbia, S.C. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Gov. Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the first woman tapped for a top-level administration post during his White House transition so far. FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2015 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is escorted down the steps of the Capitol by her husband Michael, in Columbia, S.C. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the first woman tapped for a top-level administration post during his White House transition so far.
Gov. Nikki Haley didn't provide any additional insight this week into speculation that she may be joining President-elect Donald Trump's administration, but her chances of getting a key cabinet post appear to be dimming. Haley met Thursday with Trump in New York amid rumors that she was being considered for secretary of state, despite a heated 2016 campaign that saw the two pitted against each other for much of it.
Clemson University and the National Park Service have released the Open Parks Network , a digital gallery of rare and unique material from the archives of the country's national parks, historic sites and battlefields. The network's website is growing perpetually and currently features more than 100,000 high-resolution, public domain images.
South Carolina's capital city has been singled out as a success story for how other towns can get inspired by “My Brother's Keeper,” President Barack Obama's initiative to empower boys and young men of color through combinations of federal grants, public-private partnerships and ingenuity. Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin was invited to the White House on Wednesday to share with a small group of reporters what he and local partners were doing to promote MBK.