CHARLESTON — Earlier this year, several municipalities across South Carolina reached a settlement with Airbnb after a statewide lawsuit accused the short-term company and others like it of failing to pay accommodations taxes and business license fees. Now, some Charleston-area towns and cities have decided what to dedicate the money to, while others are still
NORTH CHARLESTON — Of the three largest cities in the area, North Charleston has spent the least money awarded from a Charleston County program aimed at preserving greenspace. The county’s greenbelt program allocates funds from the transportation sales tax to urban, rural and unincorporated areas, providing an avenue to use public funds for land conservation. The
A year after a Post and Courier investigation revealed that six clerks of court across South Carolina paid themselves with federal money marked for efforts to recover child support payments, criminal charges have been filed against one. So far, however, the others seem to have escaped similar scrutiny. The State Law Enforcement Division previously opened
CHARLESTON — Charleston County is starting a new program to help homeowners whose homes were damaged by recent natural disasters. In February, the county received $928,000 in grant money from the S.C. Housing Trust Fund’s Disaster Assistance Program, which is designed to address housing recovery needs after extreme weather-related disasters. Anyone in living in the