Assessing investigation's impact on South Carolina's marketplace of ideas ...
GETTING RICH OFF GOVERNMENT … A so-called “Republican” consultant with close ties to powerful S.C. Senator Hugh Leatherman is raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars...
FAILED PROGRAM PAYS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO GOP ADVISOR … One of the “Republican” consultants tangentially tied to an ongoing anti-corruption investigation has raked in hundreds of thousands of...
CHAOS REIGNS … This website has argued for years that politicians and their appointees should have absolutely nothing to do with running a port – and...
“ARMLOADS OF STUFF” SEIZED … Armed with a grand jury search warrant, agents of the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) conducted a raid recently on the...
MORE GOVERNMENT “ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT” FAIL … Earlier this year, we published a lengthy exposé on the ongoing debacle that is Columbia, S.C.’s government-subsidized Bull Street redevelopment...
FORMER GOVERNOR SLAMS RICHARD QUINN AND ASSOCIATES … WHOSE OPERATIVES SHE PREVIOUSLY HIRED America’s ambassador to the United Nations took a break from her, um, “current...
GOVERNOR SAYS HE PLANS TO “CONTINUE WORKING WITH” SCANDAL-SCARRED CONSULTANT … S.C. governor Henry McMaster said he is sticking with his embattled, neo-Confederate political consultant even...
THE ANATOMY OF AN INSIDER SHAKEDOWN … South Carolina’s “Godfather of Pork” was angry … Accustomed to calling the shots in Palmetto politics with nobody standing in...
CONTROVERSIAL POLL REVIVES BIGGER SCANDAL … Months ago this website blew the whistle on the government-run S.C. State Ports Authority (SCSPA) doling out millions of dollars in...