South Carolina
BRIEFS: Spartanburg County could get another data center
Proposed project needs to pass two more votes before approval by county council
Mental Health
Feds restore mental health funds
Rural communities stand with vulnerable neighbors in Minnesota; Mothers, daughters, Girl Scouts traveled to Richmond to watch the first woman become governor of Virginia; Measles cases climb in NC; Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County, NC
Fuquay-Varina
UPDATE: NCDEQ to extend comment period for Fuquay-Varina Interbasin Transfer Certificate request
Dec. 9 Raleigh hearing will also be accessible via livestream and comment period has been extended until April 1, 2026; Spartanburg City Council to meet Monday, Nov. 24, 2025
Federal Immigration Enforcement
S.C. Senate subcommittee meeting on Tues. Nov. 18 to discuss Senate Bill 323
Mecklenburg Co. officials issue joint statement on federal immigration enforcement activities in Charlotte
South Carolina
Spartanburg councils to meet in next two weeks
Spartanburg City to meet Monday, Nov. 10 and Spartanburg County to meet Monday, Nov. 17; Municipal runoffs scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 18
Virginia governor's race
Spanberger to become Virginia’s first woman governor
Many across the country still awaiting SNAP benefits
SNAP lapse
States react to SNAP decision; Parents accuse Bonnabel High (in Jefferson Parish, La.) employees of hitting, humiliating special education student
No progress for poor areas despite years of NC tier system designed to spark growth; Family awaits results of independent autopsy on Delta State student Trey Reed
State and Local Government
Spartanburg, S.C. City Council to meet Monday, Oct. 27
N.C.'s DEQ accepting public comments on modified air quality permit for Domtar Paper in Martin County
South Carolina
Spartanburg city council approves hate crime ordinance
Spartanburg City is the second municipality in Spartanburg County to approve a hate crime ordinance. It follows Wellford, which approved its ordinance in 2024.
State and Local Government
Local governments in the Carolinas to meet next week
NC DEQ schedules public hearings in Lexington and Mooresville in November to consider air permit modifications for Transco’s proposed pipeline expansion
South Carolina
South Carolina has 12 measles cases tied to Upstate outbreak
Spartanburg and Greenville counties are located on Interstate 85 between Charlotte and Atlanta
Local Government
BRIEFS: Local governments in the Carolinas to meet next week
Down Ballot Staff Reports Durham City Council will meet Monday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. and one of the agenda items deal with the second amendment to the building services agreement between the city and The Carolina Theatre. Public hearing items include designating The Chicken Hut as a local