A state senator says he’ll try again next year to get a bill passed creating…
Month: June 2010
The development of a new State Farmers Market has stretched into a years-long project fraught…
We were looking for some action during the June 16 Charleston City Council meeting regarding…
After giving itself a $4 million budget raise two weeks ago, the S.C. Senate returns…
When word got out that Lexington/Richland School District 5 allowed ex-administrator Lee Bollman to retain…
Jan Williams Citizen Reporter Harry Wertheimer of Salem discusses the wastefulness of ethanol projects during…
It required the leanest of lean budget times, and it didn’t happen until halfway through…
It looks like Gov. Mark Sanford will not have to help decide the fate of…
Charleston County Council member A. Victor Rawl’s request for consideration of a referendum relating to…
The majority of school districts in South Carolina received a grade of D or F…
In a rare move, S.C. Senate Clerk Jeffrey Gossett took to the podium on the…
The S.C. House sustained 51 of Gov. Mark Sanford’s 107 budget vetoes last week, a…
It took one of South Carolina’s worst budget crunches in modern history, but legislators have…
The General Assembly overrode a gubernatorial veto and passed a bipartisan bill into law Wednesday…
If the S.C. General Assembly gets its way this week, 10 state agencies –including the…
The S.C. House’s chief budget writer, Rep. Dan Cooper, is definitely not a man with…
If history offers any indication, expect legislators to override the vast majority of Gov. Mark…
A bill that would make it a crime for secondary school teachers and officials to…
Fresh off securing $2.5 million from local government sources, the S.C. State Museum is now…
By Kay Rikard Citizen Reporter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NekxQMRXHH0
State Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman must be the sensitive type – at least…
By Tracey Pinkerton Citizen Reporter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQC54YAfWw8
S.C. Sen. Shane Martin is mad that a House bill requiring more roll-call voting never…
By Kay Rikard Citizen Reporter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf-bV6jQOTY
It’s a very big “if.” However, if proposed tax subsidies for a large retail development…
A state legislative committee has approved $4.1 million for more construction at a new public…
Three recent case studies in state economic development incentives show that the General Assembly’s practice…
Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery, but when it’s done by South Carolina…
By Ed Rumsey Citizen Reporter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXv1uW6Kv4E
S.C. Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell is protecting a system that wraps a cloak…
There were few items of substance on the May 25 Charleston City Council meeting agenda,…
Although S.C. Senate and House members apparently think nothing of giving their respective chambers a…