If there were an Alice-in-Wonderland portrait of the state budget for next fiscal year, S.C….
Month: March 2011
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Sen. John Scott tells a Dutch Fork High class what…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter Sharron Angle, 2010 Republican Senate nominee from Nevada, tells a…
A bill to give tax breaks to wealthy “angel” investors would exact a $5 million…
By Marc Knapp Citizen Reporter Charleston City Council members weren’t especially enthusiastic about forcing city…
S.C. Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt supports a proposed University of South Carolina aviation research center,…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Sen. John Scott tells a Dutch Fork High class…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter The idea of running government like a business is an…
By Warwick Jones Citizen Reporter The Charleston County Council Finance Committee was treated to presentations…
The total compensation package for future school superintendents in South Carolina would be at least…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter Sharron Angle, 2010 Republican Senate nominee from Nevada, gives a…
For the entirety of the previous decade a train wreck rolled toward South Carolina’s unemployment…
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Sen. John Scott tells a Dutch Fork High class about…
A state senator is raising questions about a bill to grant retroactive tax exemptions, and…
The sun seems to be breaking through the clouds over the local economy. Charleston County…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a South Carolina case that could have…
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter Budget and Control Board Executive Director Eleanor Kitzman believes that a…
For advocates of roll call voting by members of the General Assembly, it’s been a…
Over the past three years, the S.C. House Ethics Committee levied $6,000 in fines to…
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter South Carolinians for Responsible Government President Randy Page tells a Dutch…
A stand-alone roll call voting bill has cleared a major hurdle in the S.C. Senate,…
While there isn’t enough space to go into all the ins and outs of the…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter Budget and Control Board Executive Director Eleanor Kitzman tells a…
By Alberta Wasden Citizen Reporter For the fifth year Swansea is on its the way…
If there is a $700 million hole to fill in next year’s state budget, you…
By Jan Williams Citizen Reporter The Greenville County Public Works, Planning and Development Committee earlier…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter Budget and Control Board Executive Director Eleanor Kitzman explains how…
National corporate headquarters that locate or expand in South Carolina would be exempt from paying…
By Marc Knapp Citizen Reporter With boundaries of Charleston City Council districts needing to…
An important but largely understated truth lurks in an ongoing debate about enormous challenges facing…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter Returning South Carolina state government to fiscal health involves determining…
Plans by Amazon.com to locate a retail distribution center in Lexington County will cost taxpayers…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter Budget and Control Board Executive Director Eleanor Kitzman explains to…
Amid projections that the state’s medical insurance plan will cost an additional $73 million next…
Gag me with a proviso. One has to wonder whether that thought has crossed the…