Gut Check Time, Black Lawmakers
On a key education vote this week, black lawmakers in the South Carolina House of Representatives have a choice to make … They can either...
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SC House Spending $2 Million On New Furniture
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The S.C. House of Representatives is planning to spend $2 million in the upcoming budget on new furniture for its members’ downtown Columbia, S.C. offices. In...
Robert Ford Scandal: The Report
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The abrupt resignation of S.C. Senator Robert Ford (D-Charleston) this week in response to a series of damning (and embarrassing) revelations regarding his campaign finances...
SC Fair Taxers: Duped Again
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Supporters of the South Carolina “Fair Tax” are the Charlie Browns of South Carolina politics. Every year their favored legislation is introduced with overwhelming legislative...
SC Education Reform: Points On The Board
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South Carolina’s left-leaning State Senate took a few baby steps toward real reform this week – approving tax credits for private school teachers who purchase...
Inside The SC State House
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The South Carolina State House is a study in contrasts … On the one hand it is among the most historic, majestic seats of power...
SC Legislative Taxi Service Shut Down
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Less than a week after this website revealed the existence of a secret taxpayer-funded late night taxi service for inebriated and/or lazy South Carolina legislators, the...
SC Vets Up To No Good
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This week an agricultural subcommittee of the “Republican-controlled” S.C. House of Representatives took up a controversial bill aimed at limiting the activities of non-profit animal...
Nikki Haley: Ethics Reform Hypocrite
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When S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley unveiled her ethics reform proposals last August, we had to laugh … after all, her plan proposed doing away with...
SC Legislators “Late Night Taxi Service”
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The arrest of S.C. Rep. Ted Vick (D-Chesterfield) on drunk driving charges – his second driving under the influence (DUI) charge in less than a...