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Emanuel 9: Hats off to all of the folks who worked out what appears to be an equitable way to distribute $2.5 million in donations for the families and survivors of the Emanuel AME Church tragedy.
Fry. Congratulations to Surfside Beach’s Russell Fry, the newest member of the S.C. House. More.
In the middle
About time. The state Supreme Court, which has been involved for years with a school equity funding case that’s now 21 years old, this week set a Feb. 1 deadline for legislators to come up with a plan to fix the state’s education funding system. Then the districts that sued to get action will have until March 1 to respond before justices reviewed the effort. More.
Presidential candidates. If you want to get your picture snapped with a presidential candidate, now is the season with Trump, Kasich, Paul, Huckabee, Sanders, Graham, Bush, Fiorina and others in the state this week or next. If you don’t want to hear from any presidential candidates, there’s some bad news — it’s really hard now to get away from them.
We Can Do Better, South Carolina!