Is South Carolina’s Government-Run Hospital Violating State Lobbying Law?Will FolksFebruary 2, 2022February 8, 2022 by Will FolksFebruary 2, 2022February 8, 2022 State lawmakers need to investigate ......
South Carolina Has A New Elections DirectorWill FolksJanuary 30, 2022February 4, 2022 by Will FolksJanuary 30, 2022February 4, 2022 Howie Knapp inherits his daunting new job ......
Pee Dee Watch: Insiders, Special Interests Shell Out For Jay Jordan’s South Carolina Senate RaceWill FolksJanuary 12, 2022January 18, 2022 by Will FolksJanuary 12, 2022January 18, 2022 One interest group in particular is actively circumventing South Carolina's campaign finance laws ......
Upstate Watch: Sewer War Rages Ahead Of Greenville Delegation VoteWill FolksJanuary 8, 2022January 13, 2022 by Will FolksJanuary 8, 2022January 13, 2022 Controversial commissioner is up for reelection ......
Capital City Watch: Daniel Rickenmann Emerges VictoriousWill FolksNovember 16, 2021November 20, 2021 by Will FolksNovember 16, 2021November 20, 2021 Columbia, South Carolina has a new mayor-elect ......
Midlands Watch: South Carolina Ethics Commission Dismisses Complaint Against Kirkman FinlayWill FolksAugust 25, 2021August 29, 2021 by Will FolksAugust 25, 2021August 29, 2021 Panel finds "lack of probable cause," tosses complaint filed by lawmaker's former Democratic rival ......
South Carolina Officials Cannot Vote To Delay Their Own ElectionsWill FolksJuly 28, 2021July 28, 2021 by Will FolksJuly 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Doing so would afford them impermissible benefits ... but there is a way around the law, state "ethics" commission says....
Johnny Gardner’s Ethics Case: What’s The Point Of South Carolina Campaign Finance Law, Again?Will FolksJuly 19, 2021July 22, 2021 by Will FolksJuly 19, 2021July 22, 2021 Back in March, my news outlet reported that scandal-scarred Horry county, South Carolina council chairman Johnny Gardner was the focus of an ethics investigation into...
SC State House Watch: Hugh Leatherman Is Returning Campaign ChecksWill FolksApril 13, 2021April 15, 2021 by Will FolksApril 13, 2021April 15, 2021 Is South Carolina's political godfather signaling something?...
Ethics Charges Against Horry County SC Council Chairman DetailedFITSNewsMarch 24, 2021March 26, 2021 by FITSNewsMarch 24, 2021March 26, 2021 The case against Johnny Gardner is strong ... but so is the case against South Carolina's "toothless" ethics watchdogs....