State Sen. Marlon Kimpson, a South Carolina lawmaker and early backer of President Joe Biden, is leaving his legislative post two years early to take an appointment in the Biden administration.
South Carolina State Sen. Marlon Kimpson is leaving his legislative post more than a year early to take an appointment in the Biden administration. The departure makes Kimpson the latest in a string of South Carolina Democrats taking positions in the administration as the state prepares to hold the nation's first Democratic presidential nominating contest of 2024. The Charleston Democrat told The Associated Press Sunday he would step down from the Senate later this year to focus on his role on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
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“Every young Black boy needs a mentor,” said Thomas Ravenell, a founding member of Combined Intervention. A group of Black men is taking a stand to keep A group of Black men are taking a stand to keep teens at a predominantly Black South Carolina high school out of trouble. Combined Intervention is a grassroots organization made up of six retirees giving back to Black youth in need of a mentor and father figure.
A federal court today ordered South Carolina to redraw its 2021 enacted congressional map, ruling that a district anchored in Charleston County is a racial gerrymander.