If a Grand Strand legislator has his way, South Carolinians will see their gasoline prices…
Month: April 2011
In possible shades of a proposed “Capitol Police Force” redux, the S.C. Senate’s budget-writing committee…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Rep. Bakari Sellers expresses his opinion to a Dutch…
Proposed legislation aimed at bringing more transparency and accountability to a huge chunk of the…
Speaking last July at the company’s corporate headquarters in Friedrichshafen, Germany, then-Gov. Mark Sanford called…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Sen. Billy O’Dell tells a Dutch Fork High class…
Although there has been movement this legislative session to merge various state agencies, lawmakers appear…
The S.C. Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Republican Sen. Hugh Leatherman of Florence and responsible…
State Sen. Tom Davis advocates for a spending cap to rein in state government spending….
By Kim Murphy Citizen Reporter Lexington-Richland School District 5 has awarded a multi-million-dollar school construction…
With an announced investment of $1 billion and creation of 1,000 jobs, the proposed First…
The director of South Carolina’s leading environmental group says a controversial road-building project in Charleston…
By Marc Knapp Citizen Reporter Most of us expected it, and it was confirmed…
By Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Rep. Bakari Sellers answers a questions from a Dutch…
The battle over whether Amazon.com should be exempt from collecting sales taxes from South Carolinians…
The S.C. House passed a bill last week to tighten state ethics and lobbying rules,…
By Warwick Jones Citizen Reporter Some on the Charleston Peninsula have a visceral hatred…
A Summerville couple have filed an ethics complaint against a former Dorchester County judge, questioning…
By Warwick Jones Citizen Reporter The Charleston County Council’s latest finance committee meeting was relatively…
When it comes to cutting things into pieces, there’s shredding the truth, there’s shredding the…
Jane Page Thompson Citizen Reporter The Aiken County School Board decided to set the school…
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Rep. Bakari Sellers tells a Dutch Fork High class that…
South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act law doesn’t include a specific time limit for public…
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter South Carolina must continue its educational initiatives in addition to creating…
In its 2010 year-end report, the S.C. Department of Commerce ranked the proposed AQT Solar…
Marc Knapp Citizen Reporter Charleston City Council voted March 22 to defer a decision on…
Battle lines have been drawn in the S.C. General Assembly pitting property insurance companies against…
A special legislative committee created to oversee state agencies’ requests to increase “other” funds spending…
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Sen. Billy O’Dell says he respects parents who homeschool or…
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Sen. Billy O’Dell tells a Dutch Fork High class that…
South Carolina taxpayers would save $1 million under a state budget proviso the S.C. House…
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Rep. Bakari Sellers explains to a Dutch Fork High class…
Marc Knapp Citizen Reporter Nobody seemed to be against approving more licenses to operate rickshaws…
A longtime Dorchester County judge who resigned in December amid accusations that he mishandled foreclosure…
Kelly Payne Citizen Reporter State Rep. Bakari Sellers gives his thoughts on the idea of…