2023

2022

December 20

WCIV – Charleston city council expected to approve 2023 budget Monday with pay raises included

December 8

WCBD – 18-wheelers parked overnight in West Ashley causing concern

November 7

WCBD – CPD addresses Labor Day Weekend shooting in Public Safety Committee Meeting

October 25

WCIV – Charleston city council passes first reading of rental registration pilot program

October 8

The Post and Courier – Revitalization around the Lowcountry

October 4

WCBD – Charleston City Council discusses need for Johns Island Councilmember

September 28

WCIV – While storm preparations continue, some drainage ditches in Charleston are left neglected

September 6

WCSC – Recent violence could prompt harsher penalties for Charleston businesses
The Post and Courier – Charleston officials mull ordinance changes after King Street shooting

August 25

The Post and Courier – Charleston municipal courtroom named in honor of 102-year-old Judge Richard Fields

July 21

WCBD – City Council discusses deadline to fill commission on racial conciliation vacancies

July 19

The Post and Courier – Charleston City Council sets rules for King Street Business Improvement District

July 12

WCBD – Charleston city leaders discuss King Street Business Improvement District

June 21

WCIV – ‘Backbone of this city’: Charleston firefighters rally outside city hall for higher pay

May 11

WCBD – Six new Plan West Ashley projects to be presented

May 8

The Post and Courier – Hicks: Charleston keeps its friends close, and the festivals it funds closer

April 21

The Post and Courier – Charleston City Councilman Peter Shahid enters mayors race
Charleston City Paper – Shahid announces bid for Charleston mayor 
WCBD – Charleston city councilmember Peter Shahid to run for mayor
WCIV – City Councilman Shahid running for Charleston mayor in 2023

April 19

The Post and Courier – Plans unveiled for development on former West Ashley Piggly Wiggly site
The Post and Courier – Charleston now just $1M shy of funds needed to build Ashley River pedestrian bridge

April 18

WCBD – Charleston city leaders discuss latest designs for “Sumar Street Project”

April 15

WCVI – Charleston Council hopeful for $7 million grant to renovate Lowcountry Lowline

March 9

WCBD – Redevelopment project slated for West Ashley vacant lot

March 3

The Post and Courier – Charleston mayor’s real estate connections spawn heated ethics debate

February 15

WCSC – Councilmembers concerned over plan to address flooding in Charleston

February 10

WCIV – Charleston City Council approves Human Affairs and Racial Conciliation Commission

February 9

The Post and Courier – Charleston approves amended racial conciliation commission
Charleston City Paper – Charleston City Council establishes permanent racial conciliation commission
WCSC – Charleston City Council votes to establish racial conciliation commission
WCBD – Nearly 80 Charleston businesses co-sign letter in support of HARCC

January 30

The Post and Courier – Charleston race conciliation commission buckling under weight of compromise

January 26

Charleston City Paper – Charleston council again puts off vote on racial conciliation commission

January 25

The Post and Courier – Charleston defers racial conciliation commission to accept amendments

January 12

The Charleston Press – Charleston Police Department to implement new software to track over—dosing in real time, two officers to be hired

January 11

WCSC – Charleston City Council advances racial conciliation commission plan
WCIV – Charleston Police Department receives $900K grant to combat opioid epidemic
The Post and Courier – Charleston City Council approves revised racial conciliation commission
Charleston City Paper – Racial conciliation commission passes 2nd reading, final vote delayed