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The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled in September that the state cannot spend public taxpayer dollars on private school tuition. The decision cited a state constitutional prohibition on spending public money for the direct benefit of any religious or other private institution.

With all of the national discussion about Trump tariffs, we thought it would be a good idea to talk to someone locally about what the tariffs could mean for our state.

Welcome to Friday. It's another cold day in South Carolina, so sit by the fire and curl up with The State House Gavel, a daily reporter notebook by reporters Gavin Jackson, Russ McKinney and Maayan Schechter that previews and captures what goes on at the Statehouse while lawmakers are in session.

When lead interventionist Keighley George entered Forest Lake Elementary School’s gymnasium Thursday morning, she thought she was attending a schoolwide assembly to receive a visit from State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver.

Late Wednesday, the White House announced Pres. Trump’s new appointments to the Council of Governors, which include South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. The bipartisan group is tasked with strengthening state-federal partnerships on key national security, disaster response, and military coordination issues.

Happy Thursday. As we always like to remind readers, today is the "Friday" of the legislative week. And, as another reminder, we're ending Week 6. A quick note of some of what you need to know for Thursday: