STATEHOUSE REPORT | ISSUE 24.38 | Sept. 19, 2025
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BIG STORY
Debate over free speech erupts after S.C. employees fired
By Jack O’Toole, Capitol bureau | A wave of firings broke across South Carolina and the nation in recent days as scores of everyday Americans lost their jobs for comments made in the hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s shocking Sept. 10 murder.
At least 10 of the firings to date have involved college and local government employees in the Palmetto State, inc