Alexandra Olgin
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One year ago, a large part of South Carolina was underwater. Unprecedented rainfall and breached dams flooded thousands of homes, businesses and roads. After a year of rebuilding, questions remain whether the state has taken enough steps to protect against another disaster.
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By now many of you have heard the buzz around millions of dead bees in South Carolina. Last weekend a county did some aerial spraying to kill mosquitoes because of Zika.
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Friday marks the first anniversary of when nine black parishioners were murdered during Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Dylann Roof, a white 21-year-old, spent an hour with worshippers before allegedly opening fire.
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Agriculture always has its ups and downs, good years and bad. In South Carolina, it's been particularly difficult recently and made worse by massive flooding last year.
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How much money a school can spend on its students still depends, in large part, on local property taxes. And many states aren't doing much to level the field for poor kids.
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An Arizona school district slimmed down its budget by dropping class on Fridays. But parents say they're having to stretch their wallets to find something for their kids to do on that fifth day.
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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to KJZZ reporter Alexandra Olgin about Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's decision to cut ties with a private-prison operator in the wake of a prison riot last month in Kingman.