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....
FIGHT OVER LABOR, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY CHAIRMANSHIP AVERTED … S.C. Speaker of the House Jay Lucas sidestepped a major internal battle within his divided GOP...
LAWMAKERS CONTEMPLATING FIVE-FOLD INCREASE OF EXISTING CAP … Members of the South Carolina Senate are discussing a major expansion of the Palmetto State’s fledgling special...
HURRICANE MATTHEW WASHES OUT EVENT … “Republican” members of the S.C. House of Representatives have canceled their annual retreat thanks to Hurricane Matthew. The event was supposed...
EX-SPEAKER SUMMONED TO APPEAR BEFORE GRAND JURY … Former S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell has reportedly been called to testify before a statewide...
NATHAN BALLENTINE EYES POWERFUL COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP … During her tenure in the S.C. House of Representatives from 2005-2011, then-State Rep. Nikki Haley was consumed by the goal of...
ILL-ADVISED “INTERRUPTION” COULD CREATE SERIOUS HEADACHES FOR PROSECUTOR “N’interrompez jamais un ennemi qui est en train de faire une erreur.” That quote, attributed to the...
MEMBERS IN THE DARK AS GOP BRACES FOR “NIGHTMARE SCENARIO” “Republican” members of the S.C. House of Representatives are panicking after more than two decades...
GOP LEADERS VOW TO COOPERATE WITH INVESTIGATION … Claiming they have “nothing to hide,” several prominent “Republican” leaders in the S.C. House of Representatives have turned...