Just call them "Peaches and Herb," because S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom (a.k.a. "Comptroller Creepy") and his on-again, off-again lover Kelly Payne are "reunited ... and it feels so good." In fact these irrepressible lovebirds are ... wait for it ... engaged. According to a photo album
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Gas prices in South Carolina are continuing to climb ... ticking up 16 cents per gallon from the last time we checked earlier this year. According to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report, a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the Palmetto State now costs $3.38 - up from $3.22 on January 9. Nationally gas
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GOVERNORS HOLD PRIVATE MEETING ON PORT ISSUES S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley - who campaigned on a platform of open government - met behind closed doors with Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal for nearly two hours on Friday. In addition to barring media access to their confab, both Haley and Deal refused to speak to reporters
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S.C. Governor Nikki Haley will appear at a fundraiser in Winston-Salem, N.C. later this month on behalf of Pat McCrory, the frontrunner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the Tar Heel State. North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue - a Democrat who was swept into office four years ago on Barack
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Dear Editor, My colleagues and I have been debating H.3066, the Department of Administration Bill, for much of the legislative session this year. This is a bipartisan issue but more importantly a good government issue. Our founding fathers created our government in a manner that would allow for checks
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We'll probably wind up at the bottom of a ditch in Red Bank, S.C. for doing this, but such is fleeting nature of life ... we just hope that our website has provided people with a few smiles over the years. Anyway, in an apparent effort to preempt the "smoking gun" that S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts (RINO-Lexington)
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A decade ago, Mark Sanford made bales of political hay by campaigning against long wait times and bureaucratic mismanagement at the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV). And to his credit, Sanford actually made good on his campaign rhetoric after he was elected governor ... ushering in
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A South Carolina Senate panel unanimously approved the nomination of Catherine Templeton to be the new commissioner of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) on Thursday - a victory for the scandal-scarred administration of Gov. Nikki Haley. The panel voted 13-0 in favor
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We were forwarded some information a few weeks ago about a proposed casino resort in the South Carolina Lowcountry but for whatever reason we never got around to writing about it. As we've made plain on numerous occasions, though, we have no objection whatsoever to expanded gambling in South Carolina
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We promise not to spend the entire week focused on the S.C. District 23 Senate race, but at the moment it's the gift that keeps on giving ... Two weeks ago, we reported on some saucy allegations made against S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts by supporters of Katrina Shealy, the Lexington County GOP official (and
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"IT'S A GREAT DAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA," PEOPLES While S.C. Senators bicker and argue over who should run the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), a much larger story involving this agency has gone completely unreported by the state's mainstream media. Last week, Brazil announced
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Former local television anchor Kara Gormley (Meador) has decided to run for the South Carolina State Senate seat currently held by Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington). "Yes, I am going to jump into the fray," Gormley told FITS this week. "People say that folks like me - people with no money - can't win,"
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