Dear Editor, Salaries and spending by administrators of Bell - a working class community in California - recently made national headlines. Citizens of Bell became enraged when they uncovered abuses on the part of their city administrators and they proactively took charge of the situation to bring
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Remember former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's eight years in office? When the executive and legislative branches in the Palmetto state were incessantly at each others throats and absolutely nothing got accomplished (well ... except rampant government growth)? Here we go again ... only this time lawmakers
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By Mia Butler Garrick || Well here we "grow" again. Just when you think we had already wasted enough time (and money) at the State House, Governor Haley pulls another fast one on us with Thursday’s “surprise” announcement that she’s ordering lawmakers back to work next week - at taxpayers’
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South Carolina lawmakers will be back in the capitol city of Columbia, S.C. next week, although it remains to be seen whether they will meet in legislative session - or attempt to make any progress on a host of stalled reforms. Also, it's unclear how much this "emergency session" will cost taxpayers. Most
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley held an "end of session" legislative party at the Governor's Mansion in downtown Columbia, S.C. on Wednesday night - but not every lawmaker was invited. At least a dozen Democratic legislators - including House Minority Leader Harry Ott - were excluded from the event. One Democratic
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S.C. Senator Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) apparently isn't the only one upset by the "invasive" lobbying efforts of Gov. Nikki Haley and her staff. In fact, a trio of Democratic lawmakers in the S.C. House of Representatives introduced legislation more than two months ago that would have denied any
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Frustrated by the lack of a credible fiscal conservative candidate in the 2012 Republican presidential primary field, U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) is rethinking his decision to sit out the race for the White House. Citing a groundswell of support from conservative activists, DeMint told
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley enjoys a 57.5 percent approval rating among general election voters and a 74 percent approval rating among Republican voters, according to polling data released on Tuesday by her Maryland-based political consultant. Meanwhile only 22 percent of general election voters (and 11
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As S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley works to push a new lawsuit reform bill through the "Republican-controlled" General Assembly, one group is questioning why the first-term GOP leader isn't doing more to crack down on frivolous lawsuits. Haley is pushing legislation that would cap non-economic damages – or
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Boeing's Lowcountry aircraft manufacturing facility is on track to begin assembling Dreamliner aircraft in July 2011, company executives say. Boeing also announced that it would deliver its first Dreamliner to a paying customer sometime during the third quarter of this year. That's obviously good
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While S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley awaits the arrival on her desk of a controversial sales tax exemption for online retailer Amazon.com, her office must also prepare itself for the arrival of a record-setting state budget. That document poses a potentially larger headache for the first-term governor, who
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A controversial incentives deal for online retailer Amazon.com cleared the South Carolina Senate in the early morning hours on Friday - ending an acrimonious legislative debate and setting S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley up for what could be the five longest days of her administration. Like us, Haley opposes
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