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.

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  •  By a vote of 110 to 0 members of the SC House of Representatives on Feb. 23, 2022 approved a bill to reduce the state’s personal income tax.

    SC House's budget proposes significant pay raises and reduction of state income tax

    The state’s booming economy has allowed its’ budget writers this year to come through on some long standing promises. To significantly increase public education funding including teacher pay, and reducing personal income taxes. This week the House Ways and Means Committee...
  • South Carolina Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, prepares to begin a debate on legalizing medical marijuana in the state on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Davis has been fighting for a floor debate on his proposal for seven years. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

    SC Senate approve medical marijuana bill

    It took three weeks of lengthy and tedious debate, but the state Senate this week approved a medical marijuana bill and sent it on to the House. The 28 to 15 vote was NOT along party lines in the Republican controlled body. It had support and opposition from Senators of both...
  • South Carolina Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, begins a debate on legalizing medical marijuana in the state on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Davis has been fighting for a floor debate on his proposal for seven years. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

    Medical marijuana subject of lengthy debate in SC Senate

    Next week the South Carolina State Senate is scheduled to begin its' third week of debate on a bill to allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana for the treatment of an array of debilitating diseases such as epilepsy. PTSD, and glaucoma. Thirty seven states 37 states have...
  • Congressional redistricting plan finalized

    Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a new congressional redistricting plan based on the 2020 census. It’s not drastically different from the plan adopted after the 2010 census, but it was drawn to lock-in the existing advantage Republicans have with six solid GOP...
  • South Carolina State House Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, greets Republican Gov. Henry McMaster ahead of his State of the State address on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

    Gov. McMaster's fifth State of the State speech

    SC Gov. Henry McMaster used his fifth State of the State speech to the General Assembly this week to repeat calls for some long-time goals such as a tax cut, funding for infrastructure improvements, a police officer in every school, and a new funding formula for public...
  • 2022 General Assembly session underway - Unprecedented amounts of money to work with

    This year’s session of the of the SC General Assembly got underway this week. Most of the anticipated bills dealing with vaccine mandates, medical marijuana, congressional redistricting, and an array of conservative social issues are awaiting action, but the issue that will...