Nick Reynolds

Without a change in state law, Scout Motors won't be able to sell its cars in SC. A fight awaits. Scout Motors hopes to change laws to allow the SC-based startup to sell directly to consumers. They're expected to see quite a lot of pushback from the industry

Great reporting by @iamnickreynolds.bsky.social on the legislation needed for folks in South Carolina to buy Electric Vehicles being made here.

Dealerships say they sell EVs just fine, but our family did not find one that would do the tax credit paperwork, so we just bought one in NC

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Pornographic websites drop access in SC as new age-verification law takes effect Some popular adult pornography websites have begun restricting access to South Carolina users after a law requiring them to verify users' ages took effect.

Major pornography companies like Pornhub and others have ceased operations in South Carolina after a new law requiring them to verify user ages went into effect Wednesday.

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Kay Patterson, a longtime Columbia-area state legislator and one the first Black lawmakers to rise in the seniority ranks of post-Civil Rights era South Carolina, died early Friday morning, several sources told The Post and Courier. He was 93. www.postandcourier.com/politics/sou...

I've started keeping this tab open constantly next to my other social media specifically so I don't neglect it. Will definitely be on more! My main Twitter feed was pretty well-curated for a while but it's getting hard to use, to the point I have to set alerts for everyone I want to see.

South Carolina's Commission on Minority Affairs sued for 'unlawful' racial quota Federal lawsuit filed against South Carolina Commission of Minority Affairs alleges state illegally prioritizes African-Americans over other races on its board.

A mixed-race woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the S.C. Commission of Minority Affairs after she was reportedly denied an opportunity to join its board due to an "unlawful racial quota for membership" she says illegally favors African Americans. www.postandcourier.com/politics/sou...

By the way, working on posting here more, but I will continue to post predominantly on the website where most of my audience is and I get more traffic.

Once that begins to shift, I will reevaluate my posting habits. I'm also on Threads (same username there), but I use that least at this point.

Legislative audit shows persistent issues within South Carolina's juvenile justice system A follow-up state audit into the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice has found poor conditions within the agency have persisted. Things are getting more difficult.

A state audit has found persistent issues within SC's juvenile justice system since a 2022 DOJ settlement.

In all, a Dec. 5 report found a little more than half of 101 total recommendations state regulators made in 2021 have so far been implemented.

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Biden's postal service created 1K jobs at Spartanburg plant. Trump's EV plans may leave them in doubt. Reported plans from the Trump transition team to unwind USPS contracts to electrify mail trucks may impact Oshkosh, which has a facility in Spartanburg County.

Biden's postal service created 1K jobs at Spartanburg plant. Trump's EV plans may leave them in doubt. >>> More from my colleagues @iamnickreynolds.bsky.social + Max White
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A prominent GOP activist was ruled in contempt of court. The SC Supreme Court overturned the decision Conservative activist and attorney Lauren Martel has been exonerated by the SC Supreme Court of a 2019 contempt of court charge against her in Beaufort County.

A prominent conservative activist and attorney was found in contempt of court five years ago. The state supreme court just threw out that decision.

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