Author: Associated Press

Study shows no partisan benefit from mail in voting in 2020 election

(AP) – A new study finds the expansion of mail voting did not benefit Democrats or increase turnout. Absentee balloting became extremely popular in the 2020 presidential election due to the coronavirus pandemic. Donald Trump objected to it. He argued it  increase turnout and hurt Republicans. But a new study from Stanford University showed that mail voting didn’t lead to…

SC Senate approves postponed small raises for teachers

The Senate has approved a proposal that would pay South Carolina teachers the small annual raises that were postponed at the start of the school year because of economic uncertainty with the COVID-19 pandemic. Senators Thursday unanimously approved the retroactive “step raises,” which are increases of several hundred dollars a year teachers get for each year of service.