There’s nothing like money in your pocket. Nearly a half-billion dollars in state job development…
Year: 2010
Jane Page Thompson Citizen Reporter Proponents of H 3272 ask a simple question when discussing…
BEAUFORT – Beaufort-area residents packed the County Council chambers Monday, with several expressing concern over a…
Kay Rikard Citizen Reporter Citizen Reporter Kay Rikard’s video on a Gaston resident questioning the…
You’d think it would be hard to miss $7 billion. But S.C. lawmakers have been…
Kim Murphy Citizen Reporter The Lexington-Richland District 5 school board is likely to vote…
Tom Hatfield Citizen Reporter Citizen Reporter Tom Hatfield’s interview with Beaufort County Councilmember Rick Caporale…
Sembler Co. officials will make their case before the Beaufort County Council Monday afternoon as…
Tom Hatfield Citizen Reporter Citizen Reporter Tom Hatfield interviews Beaufort County Councilman Jerry Stewart on…
Attempting to limit yourself to just 10 reasons to hate the latest New Carolina annual report is like trying…
“We, the tenacious people of New Carolina, declare independence from mediocrity. We will reach beyond…
The state’s chief economist says a megamall the Florida-based Sembler Co. aims to build in…
Republican S.C. Sen. Greg Ryberg of Aiken is continuing his one-man war against millions of…
Jane Page Thompson Citizen Reporter With dumpsters blocking the handicapped parking and fresh paint…
It would appear Clemson University, the public institution that seemingly can’t say no to expansion,…
BEECH ISLAND – Some 13 years after Congress established the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor…
On Thursday, Jan. 7, more than 150 people met in Columbia to hear what is…
Despite increasing budget shortfalls, South Carolina public universities and state agencies continue to spend hundreds…
A years-long fleecing of college students in South Carolina continues apace, with the state-run Education…
In South Carolina, Columbia attorney Burnie Maybank is the quintessential man with a plan when…
Kim Murphy Citizen Reporter In their fervor to expand athletic facilities at one of its…
While state agencies struggle with across-the-board budget cuts, salaries continue to jump at the S.C….
The fate of a controversial proposed state sales tax break for a shopping mall the…
A decision last year by Columbia City Council to shift the cost of a core…
An estimated 14,000-plus South Carolina college students each lost several hundred dollars in financial aid…
In what he termed an effort to “restore taxpayers’ confidence in our stewardship of their…
Kim Murphy Citizen Reporter Schools districts across the state are crying out for more money,…
A Legislative Audit Council report released this morning paints a damning picture of the S.C. Employment…
According to South Carolina law, counties in the state are required to reassess all personal…
If a yet-to-be-released state incentives agreement with the Boeing Co. looks anything like the one…
As of June 30, 2009, Oconee County in South Carolina had roughly $14.14 million in…
Written by Rick Brundrett and Eric K. Ward Two state economic analyses paint widely different…
Thousands of South Carolinians have invested in a state-run college tuition prepayment program in order…
Alberta Wasden Citizen Reporter The town of Swansea, S.C., has an unusual financial problem:…
Erich Chatham Citizen Reporter The S.C. State Ports Authority Board agreed Tuesday to nearly…