BEHIND THE SCENES … All the previous political calculus regarding the 2018 South Carolina gubernatorial race went out the window when U.S. president-elect Donald Trump chose the...
WILL HE SING? Attorneys for embattled S.C. Rep. Jimmy Merrill have been meeting with prosecutors this week in an effort to negotiate a plea agreement...
WHERE DOES SPECIAL PROSECUTOR’S AUTHORITY END? To say the “hammer fell” earlier this month on S.C. Rep. Jimmy Merrill would be a colossal understatement. The...
THE DEFINITION OF PAY-TO-PLAY … For the better part of the last decade-and-a-half, the S.C. Association of Realtors has been widely regarded as one of...
INDICTED LAWMAKER APPEARS IN COURT … Indicted S.C. Rep. Jimmy Merrill appeared before a state judge on Thursday and was released on a $146,000 personal recognizance...