The Town of Mount Pleasant has been designated the Lowcountry’s first “certified” Autism Friendly Town by Just Bee, a local nonprofit created to connect neurodivergent families with their communities.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York), and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) introduced the bipartisan Protecting Older Americans Act.
On June 14, Co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth released the following statement ahead of this year’s Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Day:
Today, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg released the following statement on the tragic death of Police Chief Luther Reynolds after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Chief Reynolds, 56, passed away peacefully in an area hospice facility on at 8:10 p.m., with his wife, Caroline, and his two children, Luke and Grace, by his side.
Property owners in Charleston County paid 0.4% of the value of their homes in property taxes in the first quarter of 2023, which is less than 0.4 times the national average, according to the real estate analysis posted by the Charleston Reporter.