Bella Carpentier

All eyes have been on South Carolina for the past few days. These are the folks who show up at the Statehouse every day to make sure y'all know what's happening.

🚨 South Carolina senators *REJECT* sine die agreement that included congressional redistricting language, voting it down 29-17. 🚨 #scpol #scnews #chsnews #redistricting

Flags over the South Carolina State House are flying at half-staff this morning in honor of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Jackson will lie in state this afternoon before a memorial service at the Brookland Baptist Church

Incumbent Lillian Brock Flemming and newcomer Tina Belge won election tonight in Greenville’s 2025 city council races. Read more: greenvilleonline.com/story/news/pol…

“The people of South Carolina deserve better. You will get better, and I want you to understand that I will always be in this fighting for you,” Johnson said.

“Today, I stand before you with humility and conviction and what I like to call fearless faith,” State Rep. Jermaine Johnson is speaking right now at the Statehouse as he formally announces his run for governor of South Carolina

Covering Greenville’s “No Kings” protest at Falls Park for @GreenvilleNews. This is part of a national day of protest against actions taken by the Trump administration

As the tropical disturbance approaches our coast, I am issuing a State of Emergency to ensure Team South Carolina is able to access and deploy the resources and personnel needed to prepare for and respond to this storm. While the storm's arrival, speed, and intensity remain hard to predict, we do know that it will bring significant wind, heavy rainfall, and flooding across the ENTIRE state of South Carolina. We have seen this before. Now is the time to start paying attention to forecasts, updates, and alerts from official sources and begin making preparations.

I spoke to a couple in Greenville who still have a green tarp covering part of their roof that was damaged in Helene one year ago. They are now reaching the final stages of the appraisal process and are anxious to get their claim resolved so they can move forward with repairs

The Table Rock Complex fires scorched nearly 16,000 acres of forest in March and April. Five months later, the park is revitalized with fresh new growth and wildflowers. greenvilleonline.com/story/news/loc…

@henrymcmaster is in Spartanburg School District 5 this morning with an update on his effort to get a school resource officer into every SC public school

Reporters at work @maconatkinson, @BCCarpentier and I about to wrap up our time at the Sheri Biggs event.

Mace is laying out “South Carolina’s Path to Prosperity,” starting with freezing general fund spending and eliminating the state’s income tax

“This morning I’m making it official. I am running to be your governor of the great state of South Carolina,” @NancyMace said.

Ten minutes to go until Rep. Nancy Mace takes the stage at The Citadel for a “special announcement” — Mace has previously voiced interest in joining next year’s race for governor

“This country still quotes John Lewis while ignoring everything he stood for,” Charles Morris of the Greenville County Democratic Party said at Greenville’s iteration of the national “Good Trouble Lives On” protests 📍Unity Park, Greenville

@GovAndyBeshear talked political strategy, union drives in right-to-work states and how he gained support as a Democratic candidate for governor in red Kentucky 📍Reporting at the AFL-CIO convention in Greenville for @GreenvilleNews

“Today is day one of my campaign for governor of South Carolina,” Evette said.

Big turnout so far at Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s campaign event in Greenville. She officially announced her campaign for governor this afternoon in a social media video @GreenvilleNews

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in the Upstate today on the second day of his 2-day South Carolina tour.