DEMOCRAT VINCENT SHEHEEN REFUSES TO TAKE A POSITION ON THE ISSUE Self-styled “Independent Republican” Tom Ervin – a petition candidate for governor of South Carolina...
LEADERS, CANDIDATES RESPOND TO DEFEAT OF VIRGINIA’S GAY MARRIAGE BAN South Carolina’s “Republican” leaders offered muted reactions to a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’...
“FORCIBLE FONDLING” ARREST SHOCKS PROMINENT POLITICAL FAMILY First it was Frank … this time it’s George. For the second time this year, one of former...
BUT IS ANYBODY EVEN PAYING ATTENTION? South Carolinians have a dim view of their all-powerful legislative branch of government, according to a new survey published...
LOWCOUNTRY “REPUBLICAN” BUSTED LIFTING LANGUAGE … S.C. Rep. Samuel Rivers – a “Republican” from Goose Creek, S.C. first elected to his seat in 2012 –...
S.C. “ETHICS” COMMISSION NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO REPORTERS … This website has relentlessly exposed S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s chronic hypocrisy on “ethics reform” (and...
READING BETWEEN THE LINES … AS DIRECTED This week’s long-awaited indictment of Lexington County (S.C.) Sheriff James Metts and several other figures connected to his...
MAD SCRAMBLE AS MUSICAL CHAIRS SHIFT BALANCE OF POWER IN PALMETTO STATE’S “UPPER CHAMBER” The coronation of S.C. Sen. Yancey McGill (D-Williamsburg) as lieutenant governor...
POLICY COUNCIL PRESSES STATE LAWMAKERS TO TAKE A POSITION … The S.C. Policy Council – a libertarian-leaning think tank based in Columbia, S.C. – has...