News and Views from Around the State: April 7, 2025

Good news for South Carolinians who wait and then panic to get their taxes filed at the last minute. (Guilty) You have an extra two weeks to procrastinate. The IRS and the SC Department of Revenue have extendedthe April 15 deadline to May 1 due to Hurricane Helene.

Speaking of taxes, S.C. House Republicans have put the brakes on an income tax proposal that would have implemented a 3.9% flat tax rate across the board after public outrage. 

Dorchester County man says his teenage son committed suicide because of bullying and says schools need to do more to protect students from bullying.

The fight for changes to South Carolina’s liquor liability laws to provide much needed relief to restaurants and establishments from surging liquor liability insurance premiums that have put many out of business continues. A new organization of hospitality leaders with lobbyists and lawyers enters the fight, Responsible Hospitality Reform Alliance.

Six months after Helene, boats litter Beaufort shore, but who will end up with the responsibility of cleaning it up? There’s a debate coming soon and it could be taken up by the SC legislature. When private property becomes a public nuisance on someone else’s private property who’s at fault? Who pays to fix it? A debate is coming that it should be the taxpayer. I say no. Absolutely not!

A wild day in South Carolina history during the Cold War. March 11, 1958, the US Airforce accidently dropped a Mark 6 nuke in rural Florence County. James Bessinger explains. You should subscribe to his Substack, The Carolina Courier.

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