Remember S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's legislative report cards? It's okay ... apparently she doesn't either. In an interview with Robert Behre of The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier that was published earlier this week, Haley was asked to grade herself after one year on the job. Her response? "I
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley sought a private audience last week with Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and Alec Poitevint - the chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority - in an effort to "stop the bleeding" from her "Savannah River Sellout." "She's unhappy with the public perception surrounding the port issue and
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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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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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S.C. Sen. Greg Ryberg has been a vocal (and occasionally effective) critic of South Carolina's underperforming state pension fund. Just last September, in fact, he published a piece that ran in numerous papers decrying the fund's soaring liabilities. "The retirement system, nearly solvent and fully
Read story »S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley "eats, breathes and sleeps" jobs ... (well, government-funded ones at least) except of course when she's taking time out of her busy day to tweet nonsense in an effort to make herself seem "hip." Um, "Dancing With Myself" isn't "by The Donnas," governor. It was written and recorded
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Catherine Templeton - who was recently tapped by S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's administration to serve as the next commissioner of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) - will not answer questions about the governor's "Savannah River Sellout" at her confirmation hearing this week. "We've
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TOP SOUTH CAROLINA REFORMER SHOWS SOME MISPLACED LOVE S.C. Senator Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) is easily the Palmetto State's most fiscally conservative state lawmaker - as well as its most aggressive advocate for meaningful reform. That's why this website has consistently served as his most vocal cheerleader. Of
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GOVERNOR REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DOESN'T WANT THIS CASE HEARD Having been rebuked by the S.C. Supreme Court, attorneys for Nikki Haley are now attempting to have a circuit court judge dismiss a potentially explosive lawsuit filed against the first-term Republican governor. Last week, the S.C. Supreme
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For the second time in five years, South Carolina's "Republican-controlled" state government is proposing to "reform" the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT). But is that really what's going to happen? Not if things stay as they are ... While we credit GOP lawmakers - and S.C. Gov. Nikki
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