If the best indication of how people will behave in the future is how they…
Month: October 2011
By Warwick Jones Citizen Reporter Differences seem to be growing on Charleston County Council as…
By Marc Knapp Citizen Reporter The meeting set for Oct. 11 was supposed to be…
It’s been more than a year since South Carolina school districts began posting their spending…
During the Oct. 6 Health Planning Committee Meeting, members discuss results of focus groups that…
The S.C. Law Enforcement Division violated state law for years by taking higher-than-allowed pension deductions…
At the behest of the Department of Insurance, a key informant survey covering “expert” opinions…
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By KEVIN DIETRICH IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST . . . BUT IT DOES After…
In a meeting of the South Carolina Health Planning Committee, Senator Mike Rose asks whether there’s…
Amid football season and the approaching holidays, all’s quiet on the State House grounds with…
By Marc Knapp Citizen Reporter It’s unclear what prompted the turnout, but speakers for and…
The goal of the Certified SC Grown program is to enable consumers to “easily identify, find…
A state legislator wants to toughen South Carolina’s loophole-riddled open records law, but a bill…
S.C. Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers requests an interim adjustment of a little more than $600,000…
Loose enforcement mechanisms in South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act have allowed the state Department…
Les Boles of the Office on State Budget tells Joint Other Funds Oversight Committee members…
Attention South Carolina taxpayers – with Wal-Mart planning to build, expand or relocate “dozens” of…
Les Boles of the Office on State Budget gives a quick overview of the other…
In July 2009, CT&T, a South Korean electric vehicle manufacturer, announced that it would launch…
By Warwick Jones Citizen Reporter The issue over plastic in yard waste is likely to…
Aerospace giant Boeing properly spent $270 million in S.C. taxpayer-backed bond proceeds given to the…
Ever since David Beasley was governor of South Carolina in the 1990s, the state Department…
Lexington-Richland School District 5 effectively gutted a popular current issues course taught by Dutch Fork…
On Feb. 10, S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell, a licensed pilot, was inducted into the…
SLED Director Mark Keel admits to a Midlands-area high school class that when it comes…
How would you feel if the great state of South Carolina compensated you for filing…
Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture Martin Eubanks describes agribusiness to a Midlands-area high school class. Currently,…
Of the estimated half-billion-dollar-plus state incentives package to bring a Boeing plant to North Charleston,…
SLED Director Mark Keel tells a Midlands-area high school class about how SLED is funded…
Going once, going twice … a rare chance to shrink South Carolina state government ……
Clemson University violated state law and its own policy by doling out pay raises –…
There are a number of ways to improve the efficiency of South Carolina state government,…
In the first eight months of this year, S.C. Sens. Jake Knotts, John Scott and…
SLED Director Mark Keel describes the purpose behind his organization to a Midlands-area high school…
As South Carolina lawmakers struggle with painful choices to shore up funding of the state…