Florence Lawyer Solicits Cash For Hugh Leatherman “Portrait”
COUGH IT UP, CHOPPERS … A powerful, politically-connected attorney is soliciting contributions in connection with a “portrait unveiling ceremony” for powerful S.C. Senate president Hugh...
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Alan Wilson: Supreme Court Should Clarify SC Succession
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ATTORNEY GENERAL AGREES STATE’S TOP COURT SHOULD HEAR CASE … This website hasn’t had the occasion to praise S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson in quite a long...
Nikki Haley On “First Woman President” Watch List
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SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR TOPS LIST OF FEMALE GOP WHITE HOUSE HOPEFULS … It’s 2017 … which we think is probably a good time for all...
2018 SC Governor’s Race: New Year, New Calculus
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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...
Another SC Ports Clusterfuck
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THIS ONE IS COSTING TAXPAYERS $35 MILLION … It’s been a terrible year for the government-run Port of Charleston … Actually scratch that … it’s been...
#ProbeGate: Jimmy Merrill Plea Negotiations Are Underway
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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...
#ProbeGate: The Damning Jimmy Merrill Realtors Indictments
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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...
#ProbeGate: Jimmy Merrill Released On Bond
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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...
Exclusive: Witness List At Nikki Haley’s 2012 Ethics Trial Was Purged
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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...
SC Legislative Leaders Try To Sidestep Constitutional Crisis
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“THEY ARE PLAYING GAMES” Leaders of the S.C. General Assembly do not want the state’s Supreme Court to weigh in on an upcoming reshuffling of the...