The Aiken City Council could take the final step accepting funds for the construction of a mixed-use building downtown Monday evening. On the agenda for the 7 p.m. city council meeting is the second and final reading of an ordinance allowing the city to accept $20 million from the state s plutonium settlement with the federal government.
A bill sponsored by S.C. Rep. Bill Taylor received praise from a Republican presidential candidate for the second time Tuesday afternoon after the South Carolina Senate passed it. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, fresh off of a second place finish in the Iowa Caucuses, congratulated the South Carolina Senate on its approval of second reading of H.B. 3690, the ESG Pension Protection Act, Tuesday afternoon.