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Covering Myrtle Beach City Council, Horry County Council, South Carolina General Assembly, and your federal representatives in Washington, D.C. Accountability journalism for Horry County residents.
Horry County sits inside one of the most layered governmental structures in the region. Residents answer to at least five levels of elected authority simultaneously: the federal government, statewide offices, Horry County Council, Myrtle Beach City Council, and school district boards — each a separately elected body covering its own geographic slice of the county.
Horry’s federal delegation includes US Rep. Russell Fry (SC District 7) and Senators Darline Graham and Tim Scott. In Columbia, Myrtle Beach is represented by Sens. Luke A. Rankin (District 33) and Stephen L. Goldfinch (District 34) and Reps. T. Case Brittain, Jr. (District 107), Timothy A. "Tim" McGinnis (District 56), and Thomas Duval "Val" Guest, Jr. (District 106).
Horry County Council controls property tax millage, land-use zoning outside city limits, and fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreements. Downtown zoning decisions and the Myrtle Beach Police Department budget run through Myrtle Beach City Council. State funding for schools, roads, and Medicaid flows from the South Carolina General Assembly. The Horry County Elections and Voter Registration Office administers local balloting under SC Election Commission oversight.
HERE Myrtle Beach covers Horry County Council meetings, Myrtle Beach City Council sessions, South Carolina General Assembly session, federal delegation votes and town halls, school board meetings, and candidate filing windows. We also pull FOIA-sourced travel records and contracts at both the city and county level. If it shapes how Horry County is governed, it’s HERE.
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Latest Myrtle Beach Politics News — Page 5
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Wilson, Johnson Split on School Choice and Pre-K
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U.S. Senate Contest Narrows as National Money Flows in
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster this week bestowed the Order of the Palmetto on Corey Alston, a Mount Pleasant sweetgrass weaver recognized for keeping Gullah Geechee…
In-Person Advance Balloting Begins Oct. 19 Across SC
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Governor Candidate Alan Wilson Rolls Out Affordability Plan
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Myrtle Beach Weighs District Seats for City Council
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — City leaders took a first formal step Tuesday toward asking voters whether Myrtle Beach should replace its decades-old at-large council elections with geographic districts.…
SC Early Voting Opens Oct. 19 With Photo ID Required
COLUMBIA, S.C. — In-person early voting for South Carolina’s statewide general election opens Monday, Oct. 19, in Columbia and across the state and runs through Saturday, Oct. 31,…
Trump Says Massive Oil and Mineral Push Ready in Greenland
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that large-scale oil, gas and mineral exploration is about to start in Greenland, linking the Arctic island to U.S. energy and…
