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SC Lede: McMaster Convenes Summer School

Outgoing Charleston Democratic Sen. Marlon Kimpson stands beside a life-sized cutout of himself while delivering his retirement speech to the Senate, in which he’s served since Oct. 2013, on the last day of session May 11, 2023.
Outgoing Charleston Democratic Sen. Marlon Kimpson stands beside a life-sized cutout of himself while delivering his retirement speech to the Senate, in which he’s served since Oct. 2013, on the last day of session May 11, 2023.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for May 16, 2023: a look at this week's abortion legislation debate as state lawmakers enter special session; comments from Gov. Henry McMaster about why he has called legislators back to the statehouse; Charleston Democratic Sen. Marlon Kimpson's retires from the state Senate; and more.

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Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.