Category: Columns

It is Sunshine Week across America. South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act — the Sunshine Law — gives you access to government meetings and public records.

As of Jan. 20, 2021, the day of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, the national debt stood at $27.76 trillion.

As we enter our seventh week of the 2021 legislative session, I am pleased to report we are making progress in several key areas, such as increasing access to vaccines, raising teacher pay and taking other steps to improve education and developing the state budget.

Even though we were shocked and nervous, Michelle and I slept well on the night after testing positive for COVID-19 the day after Valentine’s Day. But as we woke up around 5 a.m. the next morning, reality began to set in.

There are things that Christians do each year that surely seem bizarre to outsiders.

I recently returned to Columbia to kick off the 2021 legislative session. With masks and other precautions in place, we had a productive start to the year. It was great to be back at the Statehouse!

Early this month, I spent two days at the Statehouse, where House members prepared for the 2021 session, beginning Jan. 12.

Just after school resumed this past September and before leaf-watching traffic descended upon the southern Appalachians, an old friend and I rode our loaded bicycles along the length of the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway from Front Royal, Va., to Cherokee, N.C., a trip covering 14 days, 575 miles and 63,000 feet of climbing.