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Covering Greenwood City Council, Greenwood County Council, South Carolina General Assembly, and your federal representatives in Washington, D.C. Accountability journalism for Greenwood County residents.
Greenwood 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, Greenwood County Council, Greenwood City Council, and school district boards — each a separately elected body covering its own geographic slice of the county.
Greenwood’s federal delegation includes US Rep. Sheri Biggs (SC District 3) and Senators Darline Graham and Tim Scott. In Columbia, Greenwood is represented by Sen. Billy Garrett (District 10) and Reps. Daniel Gibson (District 12) and John R. McCravy III (District 13).
Greenwood County Council controls property tax millage, land-use zoning outside city limits, and fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreements. Downtown zoning decisions and the Greenwood Police Department budget run through Greenwood City Council. State funding for schools, roads, and Medicaid flows from the South Carolina General Assembly. The Greenwood County Elections and Voter Registration Office administers local balloting under SC Election Commission oversight.
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