“RULES CHANGE” WOULD END S.C. SENATE FILIBUSTERS … The most powerful politician in South Carolina has had enough. After failing to pass a gasoline tax...
SCANDAL-SCARRED ATTORNEY GENERAL STILL EYEING GOVERNOR’S MANSION … “Republican” S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson has confided to multiple intimates that he will not be seeking...
“REPUBLICANS” GET RHETORIC RIGHT ON SCHOOL CHOICE There’s a lot not to like about the 2016 “Republican” party platform (.pdf). Just ask South Carolina’s libertarian-leaning State...
ANTI-LIBERTY VIEWS ARE “KILLING THE PARTY” We wrote earlier this week on the “Republican” party’s decision to continue advocating for the criminalization of medical marijuana. This...
CANDIDATE DOING “DEEP DIVE” ON STATE SPENDING Former S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) director Catherine Templeton is taking steps to position herself...
MARK SANFORD DODGES A BULLET … FOR NOW The staggering vulnerability of maverick-turned-mushy U.S. congressman Mark Sanford has the South Carolina Lowcountry buzzing about potential...
LAW ENFORCEMENT LOBBY EXPERIENCES FIRST SETBACK … It wasn’t a resounding victory … nor will it erase a stinging defeat sustained earlier this year. Still, supporters of...
STATE SENATOR COULD SHAKE UP 2018 RACE One of the leading early candidates for the “Republican” gubernatorial nomination in South Carolina might wind up running...