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Covering Beaufort City Council, Beaufort County Council, South Carolina General Assembly, and your federal representatives in Washington, D.C. Accountability journalism for Beaufort County residents.
Beaufort 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, Beaufort County Council, Beaufort City Council, and school district boards — each a separately elected body covering its own geographic slice of the county.
Beaufort’s federal delegation includes US Rep. Nancy Mace (SC District 1) and Senators Darline Graham and Tim Scott. In Columbia, Beaufort is represented by Sens. Margie Bright Matthews (District 45) and George E. "Chip" Campsen III (District 43) and Reps. Michael F. Rivers, Sr. (District 121) and Shannon S. Erickson (District 124).
Beaufort County Council controls property tax millage, land-use zoning outside city limits, and fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreements. Downtown zoning decisions and the Beaufort Police Department budget run through Beaufort City Council. State funding for schools, roads, and Medicaid flows from the South Carolina General Assembly. The Beaufort County Elections and Voter Registration Office administers local balloting under SC Election Commission oversight.
HERE Beaufort covers Beaufort County Council meetings, Beaufort 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 Beaufort County is governed, it’s HERE.
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