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...
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...
PETTY INFIGHTING AT GOVERNMENT-RUN MARITIME AGENCY … A battle is brewing at the S.C. State Ports Authority (SCSPA) over politically-connected contracts first exposed by this...
HUGH LEATHERMAN ENTRUSTS RICHARD QUINN WITH THE FIGHT OF HIS POLITICAL LIFE Unrivaled and unquestioned for years, South Carolina’s most powerful politician suddenly finds himself waging a...
MEET THE MAN BEHIND THIS SPECIAL INTEREST “MOVEMENT” We’ve written extensively about the battle between “Big Liquor” and, well … anything that gets in its...
GOP ADVISOR OFFERS INTERESTING COMMENTARY ON UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY … Veteran South Carolina political consultant Bob McAlister is part of a dying breed of “Republican”...
CITY OF COLUMBIA RUNOFF ELECTION UPDATE … || By TAYLOR BROWN || I’ve been hearing rumors all week that Columbia, S.C. “Mayorhood” Steve Benjamin is planning a...
SENATOR’S TEAM CAN’T DECIDE HOW TO HANDLE THOMAS RAVENEL Advisors to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (RINO-S.C.) are fiercely divided over how to handle the entrance...
S.C. Sen. Larry Grooms will receive the support of a Columbia, S.C.-based political action committee as he seeks the GOP nod in South Carolina’s first...