A Candlewood Suites hotel in North Charleston, S.C. has been placed into receivership and will be sold at auction next month. Why is this newsworthy? The hotel is one of five operated by Premier Hospitality Group - a hotel development and management firm founded by S.C. Parks Recreation and Tourism
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is welcoming an Indian company that handles customer service, financial management and other "business outsourcing" tasks to Columbia, S.C. - although the governor is once again catching heat for overstating the "good news." Via press release early Tuesday morning, Haley's Commerce
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"Operation Lost Vote" - a statewide effort to restore numerous candidates to the 2012 ballot via the petition process - is ramping up its efforts. The campaign was launched earlier this month in response to a controversial S.C. Supreme Court decision that tossed nearly 200 candidates from the 2012
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GOVERNOR DIGS INTO ETHICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH SPEAKER'S PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS An integral component of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's defense against the serious ethics charges filed against her has been to assemble incriminating information on leaders of the "Republican-controlled" S.C. General
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CHANGES TO FOOD STAMP PROGRAM RAISING COSTLY QUESTIONS S.C. Department of Social Services (SCDSS) director Lillian Koller left a royal mess at the Hawai’i Department of Human Services - the agency she ran from 2003 until 2011 (when Gov. Nikki Haley hired her to fill the same position in the Palmetto
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is likely to refrain from issuing voluntary evacuations in the event a hurricane is threatening South Carolina's coastline, sources close to the state's Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) tell FITS. The Palmetto State is in the midst of preparing for hurricane season -which
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A committee that recently reopened its investigation into S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is unlikely to call witnesses to testify in the matter. Translation? There will be no real investigation into the multiple ethics allegations against Haley - at least not by the S.C. House of Representatives. Why not? "We
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IS SOUTH CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR TAKING NIXONIAN POLITICS TO A NEW LEVEL? S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley spent her first year in office cultivating good relationships with state lawmakers (even attempting to cut deals with legislative leaders). Behind the scenes, though, her operatives were busy compiling opposition
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GOVERNOR'S ETHICAL PROBLEMS IMPACT ONGOING PORT DEBATE By Jerry Lahm || So the South Carolina General Assembly is looking at bringing up the ethical complaints on Governor Nikki Haley again after they quickly dismissed them on a technicality early this month. This time the hearings are supposed to
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After a week off, "the wire" is back. What is "the wire?" It's our pseudo-daily effort to engage reader tips, comments and questions in our inimitable "Unfair, Imbalanced" way. While we continue perfecting this new format, please keep your tips, comments and questions coming! Also be sure and check
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We're pretty sure that Horry County council chairman Tom Rice is nothing but an up-and-coming crony capitalist with ties to some pretty shady people ... but he does have a cool cat in his corner. And when we say "cat," we mean an actual feline ... "Famed Political Analyst Kitty gives her opinion
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By A. Citizen || Cindy Costa was elected to the RNC in 1996 as part of the Christian Coalition takeover. As Roberta Combs’ hand-picked candidate, she defeated incumbent National Committeewoman Marsha Eaton, a popular national committeewoman, as a result of the influx of the Christian Coalition delegates.
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