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MORRIS: We need to plan for transportation density now
A Bus Rapid Transit station in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo credit: Gunawan Kartapranata, Wikipedia. By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | Transportation in the Charleston area is an issue that needs to...
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MORRIS: Let’s complete the penny tax for infrastructure
Overhead view of an overpass along Johnnie Dodds Blvd. in Mount Pleasant that was part of a bonded improvement project. Photo: Charleston County. By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | Charleston is...
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MORRIS: Let’s toot our horn
A challenge for the new year By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | 2016 spoke loudly of the desire for change. The message is real. Unfortunately, the answers are being overlooked. The answers do...
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FOCUS, Money: Making sense of what’s happening with the stock market
By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | Snap! Thus ended the S&P 500’s longest streak in history without a pullback of at least 3 percent. The major U.S. stock indexes capped off their worst...
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MY TURN, Morris: Tips to review for the new tax season
By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | Taxes matter. Whether we agree the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed on Dec. 22, 2017, is good for the middle class, good for the wealthier taxpayer or simply good...
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MORRIS: Rules have changed on using 529 plans to fund education
By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | No longer limited to college funding, 529 plans can now be applied for private elementary and secondary education. While this addition sounds like a good idea,...
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MORRIS: Prepaid tuition 529 plans offer flexibility over 529 savings plans
By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | 529 education saving plans are not all savings plans, as we discussed recently in this space, and all of them are not all are run by the state. There is...
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FOCUS: The October effect and the markets
By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | What is going on in the markets? The third quarter of 2018 ended as the best quarter on the S&P 500 since 2013 – around a 7.2 percent increase. From Sept....
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FOCUS: In challenging times, a diversified portfolio can be good news
By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | We can always focus on the problems. That is easy. But what if we change the focus to look for the opportunities or solutions? Then, perhaps, we’ll accomplish...
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FOCUS, Morris: Divided federal government may help economy
By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | History shows the American economy prefers checks and balances. Since 1945, the S&P 500 stock index under a divided federal government has had a 14 percent...
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