Columbia, SC - Governing, a political magazine and website, named South Carolina State Senator Vincent Sheheen of Camden, one of the top 12 state legislators to watch from around the country. Louis Jacobson, the author of the article says the following of South Carolina's own, Vincent Sheheen: Sen.
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In the wake of a legislative whitewash of her "Savannah River Sellout," S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley went on the offensive Thursday - alleging that Senate hearings into her recent betrayal of our state's economic and environmental interests were nothing more than a political circus engineered by her 2010 gubernatorial
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's "Savannah River Sellout" is getting a nice white coat of paint ... After initially refusing to testify to a Senate panel investigating the debacle, Haley's staffers swore Thursday that they did not improperly pressure the board of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental
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S.C. Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler (RINO-Cherokee) has made a career out of sitting on the fence, but it's looking increasingly like that won't be an option for him as the hottest of Palmetto political hot potatoes has landed in his lap. In response to a request from S.C. Sen. Vincent Sheheen
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Dear friends, We have much to be frustrated about in South Carolina's state government. But during this season of Thanksigiving, I am reminded that my faith teaches me that in everything, we should give thanks. And we have so much to be thankful for in our state. I am thankful for my wife Amy,
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley caught her first big break on Tuesday in the ongoing scandal surrounding her support of Georgia's maritime ambitions ... Responding to a request for an investigation from State Senator Vincent Sheheen (D-Columbia), S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell (RINO-Charleston) referred
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The Honorable Glenn F. McConnell President Pro Tempore South Carolina Senate 101 Gressette Building Columbia, SC 29201 Dear Senator McConnell: The November 10 decision by the state Department of Health and Environmental Control Board to approve a water-quality permit for dredging operations
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Republicans and Democrats alike are assailing Gov. Nikki Haley's betrayal of South Carolina's economic and environmental interests - and demanding an investigation into pressure her administration allegedly brought to bear on the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). On Thursday,
Read story »South Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus Media Contact: Phil Bailey 803.318.2763(mobile) phil@scsenatedems.org For Immediate Release November 10, 2011 Sheheen Calls DHEC Port Decision a Costly Blunder Calls for DHEC Board’s Resignation Columbia, SC - State Senator Vincent Sheheen of Camden
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S.C. Senator Vincent Sheheen has called on the entire board of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) to resign in the wake of its controversial decision to let the state of Georgia proceed with a $600 million dredging project. The decision - which reverses a previous DHEC
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Last December, we urged S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley to retain the services of Jon Ozmint as director of the S.C. Department of Corrections. "No agency leader has done a better job over the last eight years than Ozmint – and no agency leader has done more with less," we wrote at the time. "Not only has
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We got our first inkling of how serious S.C. Rep. Leon Stavrinakis (D-Charleston) is about running for higher office when a top Democratic strategist recently implored us to stop making fun of the lawmaker's diminutive stature. "He's substantive," the strategist told us. "Those jokes do a disservice
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