Wes Hayes Draws A Primary Challenger
HOME COUNTY GOP CHAIRMAN TO RUN AGAINST VETERAN SENATOR Fiscally liberal S.C. Senator Wes Hayes has drawn a challenger in the 2016 “Republican” primary election....
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SC Senator Larry Grooms Not Running For Congress
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VETERAN STATE SENATOR WILL NOT CHALLENGE MARK SANFORD S.C. Senator Larry Grooms will not seek the first congressional district seat currently held by former two-term...
Our Dependent State
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WHERE’S THAT “PALMETTO PRIDE?” South Carolina was one of the thirteen colonies to declare its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776 … but...
Nikki Haley Dispatches Corrections Czar To Deal With Juvenile Justice Nightmare
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BRYAN STIRLING SENT TO BABYSIT TROUBLED AGENCY S.C. governor Nikki Haley has sent her former chief of staff and the current director of the S.C....
Son Of Lowcountry Politico Murdered
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A SAD DAY IN THE HOLY CITY … Patrick Moffly – the 23-year-old son of former Charleston County, S.C. school board member Elizabeth Moffly –...
SC Juvenile Justice Scandal Deepens
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BLAME FOR DETERIORATION OF AGENCY SHARED BY NIKKI HALEY’S FIRST CHOICE, SOURCES SAY The conventional wisdom surrounding the scandal currently enveloping the S.C. Department of...
SC Comptroller’s Son Files Disclosure In Custody Drama
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UPDATE ON MARYLAND CASE WITH PALMETTO STATE CONNECTIONS Remember the rumor that our founding editor, Will Folks, had fathered a child out of wedlock? With...
SC Club For Growth Launches “Defeat My Liberal Legislator” Effort
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IS ORGANIZATION TARGETING LAWMAKERS WHO SUPPORTED CONFEDERATE FLAG? A group that rated South Carolina lawmakers as fiscally conservative based in large part on their vote to...
Teen In “Nudie Teacher Pic” Scandal Arrested
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TEACHER STILL REMAINS OUT OF A JOB, THOUGH … The sixteen-year-old South Carolina high school student who spread nude images of a teacher has been arrested...
“Penny Tax” Probe: Status Update
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NEXT STEPS EYED IN DUAL-TRACK INVESTIGATION … Lost in last week’s headlines about the felony DUI arrest of Richland County, S.C. councilman Kelvin Washington was...