Russ McKinney
Russ McKinney
Reporter, Producer
Russ McKinney has 30 years of experience in radio news and public affairs. He is a former broadcast news reporter in Spartanburg, Columbia and Atlanta. He served as Press Secretary to former S.C. Governor Dick Riley for two terms, and for 20 years was the chief public affairs officer for the University of South Carolina.
Stories
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Senate panel recommends removing Comptroller General Eckstrom from office
March 16, 2023In an un-precedented move Wednesday, March 15, a special committee of the State Senate recommended that the General Assembly remove from office Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom for "willful neglect" of duty. -
SC House passes open carry bill
February 24, 2023State lawmakers have a long list of Public Safety bills on their agenda for this legislative session. That list includes cracking down on violent offenders being chronically released on bond, stemming the fentanyl epidemic, allowing capital punishment to resume, and pay... -
GOP passes new abortion bills and teaching restrictions in General Assembly
February 10, 2023The Republican controlled legislature’s conservative agenda was front and center at the Statehouse this week. Lawmakers advanced new, but not so new abortion bills, a bill that would restrict what teachers can teach in their classrooms, and elected a new Supreme Court... -
Recent SC Supreme Court ruling on abortion reverberates through State House
January 27, 2023The State Supreme Court’s overturning of the state’s six-week, heartbeat abortion law earlier this month is still reverberating through the State House. This week Gov. Henry McMaster again criticized the court’s decision as did some conservative legislators, and a proposed... -
SC House GOP super-majority roiled by House Freedom Caucus
January 25, 2023Republicans have controlled the South Carolina House of Representatives for almost thirty years. Following last November’s election, they achieved a super-majority with 88 of the 124 house seats held by Republicans. That super-majority means the GOP caucus can pass pretty... -
SC Supreme Court abortion ruling dominates opening week of General Assembly
January 13, 2023A new two-year session of the General Assembly began this week, and as it got underway the overriding issue quickly became the same issue that ended last year’s session: abortion. Last week the SC Supreme Court ruled the state’s six-week Fetal Heartbeat Law unconstitutional...