A budget session was held before a meeting of the Charleston City Council’s Committee on…
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S.C. House Clerk Charles Reid, who is one of the highest-paid state government employees, and…
Should South Carolina shorten its legislative session? The issue has been debated off and on…
By Jan Williams Citizen Reporter Gov. Mark Sanford discusses the importance of public funds being…
Just hours after The Nerve detailed alleged legal threats made against Chapin resident Kim Murphy related…
For the past four fiscal years, more than $13 million in state tax dollars have…
Jan Williams Citizen Reporter Governor Mark Sanford describes how HB 4478 will update South Carolina’s economic…
South Carolinians would pay sales tax on groceries, prescription drugs and a slew of other…
A Chapin resident says her attempts to force Lexington/Richland School District 5 to revamp its…
Kay Rikard Citizen Reporter A Lexington County finance official answers questions from Gaston residents aregarding…
The top 10 farm subsidy recipients in South Carolina received nearly $48 million over the past…
Newberry County Council has approved plans to put a $17.5 million capital project sales tax…
The S.C. General Assembly recently overturned a veto of a financial regulatory bill that Gov….
Three weeks after passage of a deadline requiring school districts throughout South Carolina to place…
Kay Rikard Citizen Reporter A Lexington County finance official explains the town of Gaston’s improving…
When it comes to funding county legislation delegation budgets, state law allows the S.C. General…
Kim Murphy Citizen Reporter Lexington/Richland School District 5 Board members decry the idea that a…
The television drama “Army Wives,” filmed in Charleston, might be popular with viewers nationwide, but…
The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority submitted its 2011 budget during the Charleston County Council’s…
Better late than never, as the old saying goes. More than eight years after the…
Kim Murphy Citizen Reporter Discussing proposed expansion at Chapin High School, Mary Shahid of the…
In the S.C. General Assembly, there’s constituent service – proclamations and congratulations and the like…
Kim Murphy Citizen Reporter Mary Shahid of the McNair Law Firm explains to the Lexington/Richland…
If you ask state Sens. Mike Rose and Tom Davis, they’ll gladly tell you how…
Kim Murphy Citizen Reporter Pam Baker of the McNair Law Firm updates the Lexington/Richland School…
Charleston County accommodation tax proceeds were divvied up at the County Council’s July 8 finance…
It’s not the sexiest subject, but when you’re trying to figure out how to spend…
During the summer months, both the Charleston County Council and the council committees meet but…
South Carolina’s three public research universities and the State Ports Authority gave financial or in-kind…
Jane Page Thompson Citizen Reporter A proposed $236 million Aiken County School bond referendum was…
State Sen. Phil Leventis’ war of words against S.C. Department of Corrections Director Jon Ozmint…
Gov. Mark Sanford has vetoed a bill that would allow allegations of ethical wrongdoing against…
After two years of the state’s general fund budget imploding to the tune of almost…
A bill involving a little-known state board, vetoed by Gov. Mark Sanford but overridden by…
At the most recent Charleston City Council meeting, residents expressed concern during the Citizen Participation period…