If you ask S.C. Rep. Thad Viers, he’ll tell you that it was mainly for…
Year: 2011
A state Senate panel has been considering deregulating aspects of cosmetology and certain other licensed…
The Charleston City Council ignored the decision by the Planning Commission and voted Dec. 20…
More than $82 million has been spent over the past 10 fiscal years to treat…
The state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation is still grappling with the fallout of…
Comptroller General Eckstrom argues during the Dec. 15 Budget and Control Board meeting that a…
Individuals who turned out for the Dec. 6 Charleston County Council meeting expecting some resolution…
It’s unlikely any of the various redistricting plans being floated will make each and every…
Despite the loss of thousands of teaching jobs in South Carolina in recent years, some…
Individuals who turned out for the Dec. 6 Charleston County Council meeting expecting some resolution…
Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, asks Gov. Nikki Haley’s chief of staff Tim Pearson if there…
Some South Carolina banks have had a tough go over the past few years. Hit…
Midlands residents, regardless of whether they know Wal-Mart has a history of cashing in on…
The Charleston County Council’s Dec. 6 meeting agenda included a request by the city of…
Tim Pearson, chief of staff for Gov. Nikki Haley, is questioned by members of a…
Questions still remain after the S.C. Research Authority responded to an S.C. Freedom of Information Act…
Sen. Joel Lourie, D-Richland, questions Gov. Nikki Haley’s chief of staff Tim Pearson on whether…
The S.C. Research Authority, a tax-free state agency that represents itself as a private business,…
A member of the Retirement Ad Hoc Committee highlights some of the causes behind the…
File a lawsuit in circuit court in South Carolina and it will cost you $150….
When it comes to releasing public emails and other internal communications, the governor’s office isn’t the…
By ERIC WARD Is the idea of privatization gaining traction? A key issue has been…
By ERIC WARD Supposedly high performance. Definitely high pay. Jim Newsome, the chief administrator of the…
“Restructuring” might have been the buzzword of this year’s legislative session, but in the end,…
The S.C. Supreme Court has been asked to determine whether a 2007 law that appointed…
File a lawsuit in circuit court in South Carolina, and it will cost you $150….
By AMIT KUMAR Are students paying for hefty administrator salaries? We’ve all heard it before:…
The state Department of Employment and Workforce misspent about $87 million in federal unemployment funds…
The state Department of Employment and Workforce misspent about $87 million in federal unemployment funds…
Alan Grimsley of the accounting firm of Derrick Stubbs & Stith presents his report on…
Boeing is a public body under South Carolina law because the aerospace giant has received “large…
McNair Law Firm attorney Francenia Heizer, speaking at the Nov. 14 Lexington Richland District 5…
The last of South Carolina’s 80-plus school districts has finally posted its check register online,…
State revenues are running way ahead of schedule, and that means there’s a boatload of…
By Warwick Jones Citizen Reporter It could have been a Hollywood western. Bristling with bravado,…