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S.C. State House reporter, occasional editor at . , alum. Former intramural dodgeball champ. Honors College '15. From Chester.

Columbia, South Carolina
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  1. Retweeted
    Dec 16

    . has a phone full of photos of people he met on the campaign trail - overworked teachers, folks who can’t afford health care. People who needed him to win, he says. As he ponders his path forward, those unfulfilled promises weigh heavily

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  2. 5 minutes ago

    My mom got me three boxes of Cracker Jacks for Christmas, so I’m just now realizing that the Cracker Jack prize now requires you to download an app and scan a QR code. The future is here, and it is bad

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  3. 3 hours ago

    Background on that here:

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  4. 3 hours ago

    I’m at Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s first board meeting since customers voted overwhelmingly to fire the former board in August. First thing the new board did was elect Barbara Weston president. She was among the customers who led the push to fire the old board. – at Tri County Electric Cooperative

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    4 hours ago

    “Democrats under (House Minority Leader Nancy) Pelosi and (Senate Minority Leader Chuck) Schumer have dug in. The president has dug in,” told Fox News of the . “I don’t see a quick end to this."

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  6. 4 hours ago

    Update: has filled this pothole!

    I’m so in awe of this monstrous pothole on Key Road by , I pulled over and took a photo just to document it. (Threw in my keys for scale.) Little help here, ?
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    8 hours ago

    As 2019 nears, took a look at what issues will dominate the statehouse and the Midlands ⁦

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  8. 10 hours ago

    NEW: SCANA's stock is being taken off the NYSE. It's the surest sign that Dominion Energy intends to complete its proposed takeover of South Carolina's largest homegrown power company

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  9. Retweeted
    Dec 25

    my dad refuses to get an iphone because a voicemail from his mom that passed away won’t transfer from an android, so me and my sister put it in a bear. merry christmas dad

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    Dec 25

    This is one of the best stories of 2018 😭

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    Dec 24

    My little brother died in the beginning of October, for Christmas I got my parents a build a bear in a police uniform (he was a cop) with his voice❤️💔

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  12. Dec 26

    Was thinking about this last night. If the author has left the administration, should the Times editorial board say so? If there's no follow-up op-ed from the same author, we might speculate that's why. But saying so would drastically narrow down the list of possible authors.

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  13. Dec 26

    Several big names have left the administration since the op-ed. Gotta wonder if the author even works there anymore.

    where are they now? author of anonymous op-ed
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    Dec 26

    At the top of the paper, Ajani scribbled his home address and his mom’s name. “I am sorry for anything I have done,” he wrote. “I am scared to death.” “I will miss you.” “I hope that you are going to be ok with me gone.”

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    Dec 26

    They can’t charge for past bonuses, but they will be able to charge for more than $2 billion in wasted VC Summer construction costs — and they will charge a hefty profit on that to reward shareholders

    ICYMI: SCE&G won't be able to charge its customers for more than $110 million in executive bonuses and golden parachutes
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  16. Dec 26

    ICYMI: SCE&G won't be able to charge its customers for more than $110 million in executive bonuses and golden parachutes

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  17. Dec 26

    A quick update on NIchols, SC, the tiny riverside town submerged by hurricane flooding twice in less than two years. Just 30 of the town's 260 families have returned:

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  18. Dec 26

    ICYMI: On ’s first day filling in on the nuclear beat over the holidays, she comes up with this scoop:

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  19. Dec 25

    Winning repeatedly at Clue, gloating incessantly, becoming the family villain. A Christmas tradition unlike any other

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    Dec 25

    “I know he can be a handful, but he is the president,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told The Associated Press.

    Republicans still scratching their heads to figure out Trump's "gut" instincts.
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  21. Dec 24

    Rachel Nichols is so good at her job

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    . sat down for an exclusive interview with to discuss recruiting other stars, Kevin Durant’s comments and the possibility of playing with his son in the NBA.
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