A judge’s recent dismissal of an ethics lawsuit against Gov. Nikki Haley serves as yet…
Month: March 2012
Presentations were recently made by the Charleston Museum, the Gibbes Museum and the Medal of…
A Senate Education Committee Wednesday voted 9-3 in favor of a bill that would allow…
If you were looking for one word to describe the S.C. House’s version of next…
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Citizens and statewide associations alike voiced concern Wednesday during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing over…
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Property rights advocates are hopping mad over companion bills in the General Assembly that would…
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An S.C. House bill to have the state provide optional vaccinations to middle school girls…
S.C. Senate Clerk Jeffrey Gossett apparently is in no mood to publicly discuss his chamber’s…
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Puppies, kittens and bunnies get all the love, but who’s going to stand up for…
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The latest S.C. House proposal to eliminate many state sales tax exemptions is a watered-down…
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Someone may want to let the Spartanburg Herald-Journal in on a little concept called “market…
It might sound like a trivial affair, but it actually carries legal and constitutional implications:…
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The key issue at the March 19 Charleston City Council meeting focused on the Club…
Support for school choice apparently only goes so far among some South Carolina Republicans, as in…
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A growing number of state officials think they can see the forest for the economic…
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The Midlands town of Irmo announced this week that it’s found a home for the…
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An S.C. Senate subcommittee charged with considering the merits of a bill that would make…
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Bill would allow government to take your land and charge you for it If, as…
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South Carolina’s state-driven economic development efforts have received glowing reviews lately from some national trade…
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In the wake of South Carolina’s pathetic performance in a recent national report assessing transparency,…
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Two things would seem certain about S.C. Research Authority Chief Executive Bill Mahoney: He has…
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The recent upheaval in the S.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Office has many asking if the position is…
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S.C. Rep. Eric Bedingfield says he’s ecstatic about a bill passed late last month that…
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Over the past five years, Oconee County Council has been criticized for concentrating a good…
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If South Carolina taxpayers think that the state Legislature uses its time and money merely…
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When it comes to transparency, accountability and anti-corruption mechanisms, South Carolina ranks near the bottom, according…
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If you ask most South Carolina attorneys who handle criminal cases, they likely would tell you…
The Nerve received three South Carolina Press Association awards at the association’s annual awards meeting…
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Two bills to reform South Carolina’s public higher education system by creating a board of…
It was “feel-good” time on Charleston County Council earlier this week at the March 13…
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A potential overhaul of the state tax code this year has fallen into a parting…
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A gathering Wednesday in support of legislation to strengthen the state’s Freedom of Information Act…
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Legislation that would give the S.C. Arts Commission a steady source of revenue received approval…
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There’s no doubt about it: The S.C. Department of Agriculture is finding taxpayer-funded marketing and…
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County legislative delegations could give up their long-held power over the hiring and firing of…