INSIDE THE INFAMOUS “WHITEWASH” Back in 2012, this website reported exhaustively (and incredulously) on the ethics “trial” of S.C. governor Nikki Haley. This farcical one-day...
ORGANIZATION “ALL SHRILL, NO SUBSTANCE” For years, the S.C. Policy Council was among the more influential voices in the Palmetto political universe. Under the leadership of...
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE … South Carolina’s statewide grand jury will meet the week prior to the convening of the 2017-2018 S.C. General Assembly, multiple sources...
LEGISLATIVE INTRIGUES ABOUND … To say last year’s legislative drama over the lowering of the Confederate flag badly divided the S.C. House of Representatives apart would be an understatement....
FORMER SCGOP LEADER HOSTS BIG UPSTATE FUNDRAISER FOR SC ATTORNEY GENERAL … Embattled S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson is continuing to outperform expectations on the...
ASSUMING HE GETS TO APPOINT … It’s not even clear yet whether S.C. lieutenant governor Henry McMaster has the authority to name his replacement in the increasingly...
ALL EYES ON DONALD TRUMP’S APPOINTMENTS … Suddenly it’s not just the ongoing investigation into alleged corruption at the S.C. State House that’s threatening to shake...
“QUINNDOM” ON THE ROPES … This week’s news that the S.C. Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC) named three candidates for an upcoming vacancy on the...