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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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