Brian Hicks

Initial Investment: Approximately $500 million in initial federal commitments and loans through the Rural Electrification Administration (equivalent to roughly $11 billion in 2026 dollars).

Charleston County Council said it would cancel a Highway 41 widening if residents throw up more roadblocks. So residents are doing exactly that.

Initial Innovation: The first successful U.S. exchange-traded fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), launched on January 22, 1993.

State Rep. Joe Bustos has spent most of his life watching Mount Pleasant traffic grow … and grow.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's untimely passing has untold numbers of Republicans contemplating quick campaigns to replace him. Is your favorite on the list?

Initial Investment: $25 billion under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (approximately $300 billion in 2026 dollars).

Charleston County teachers just rated Superintendent Anita Huggins higher than anyone else — ever.

Initial Investment: More than $1 trillion in telecommunications, fiber-optic, data center, and internet infrastructure during the 1990s and early 2000s.

Initial Investment: Hundreds of billions of dollars in drilling, pipelines, processing facilities, export terminals, and supporting infrastructure.

Initial Investment: Trillions of dollars across shale drilling, pipelines, LNG facilities, solar farms, wind projects, geothermal, battery