Our weekly Top Five feature offers big stories or views from the past week with policy and legislative implications.
- Post and Courier buys Free Times, Columbia Journalism Review, May 3, 2016
Former Statehouse Report contributor Corey Hutchins writes how The Post and Courier of Charleston has purchased a Columbia alternative weekly … and suggests what that could mean for coverage of legislative issues.
- State judges must attend human trafficking summit, The Post and Courier, May 4, 2016
S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Costa Pleicones said he made the order to help state judges fully understand the danger of human trafficking in the state. It’s an issue that lawmakers also may face more in the future.
- Stagnating wages, inequality still face college grads, Economic Policy Institute, May 3, 2016
Even though labor markets have improved recently, new high school and college grads still face stagnant wages and high levels of unemployment, both of which have major implications for states interested in growing tax bases.
- Panama Canal expansion shows East Coast’s infrastructure woes, The New York Times, May 6, 2016
Though some ports, like Charleston, are undergoing changes to accommodate larger ships sailing through a wider and deeper Panama Canal, many ports on the East Coast are not ready for post-Panamax ships.
- Researchers looking at S.C. aerospace and defense workers, The Post and Courier, May 5, 2016
The Southeast is establishing itself as the fastest-growing aerospace employment center, and researchers are teaming up to try to understand why.
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