If the past three days of debate in the Senate are any indication of whether…
Month: January 2015
If Gov. Nikki Haley’s proposal to cut the state’s income tax rate by 2 percentage…
GRAB YOUR WALLETS, PEOPLE. It has been a significant week on the tax battlefront. First,…
On two dozen occasions since 2013, S.C. Sen. Billy O’Dell spent campaign funds on dues…
By JAMIE MURGUIA NOT BUYIN’ IT Stop me if you’ve heard this excuse before. At…
DON’T LAUGH … YOU’RE “THEM” Under Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina’s “closing fund” – the state’s…
A Lexington County woman wants the S.C. Supreme Court to declare the state’s judicial screening…
Since Gov. Nikki Haley took office in 2011, state budget appropriations for a Department of…
S.C. lawmakers – at least those who live close to the State House – are…
ETHICS BILLS GALORE S.C. lawmakers are beginning the 2015 legislative session by acknowledging that ethics…
At last month’s organizational meeting of the state House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, Rep….
For the second time in a little more than a year, the General Assembly this…
QUIET SELF-GOVERNANCE? STATE REGULATORS CAN’T HAVE THAT. If private citizens are governing themselves well –…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In the 2008 and 2012 elections, S.C. Sen. Thomas Alexander faced little…
DETAILS. PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS. With a new session beginning next Tuesday, the opportunities…
Some South Carolina dentists and oral surgeons say they are losing thousands of dollars in…
WHEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NEED MONEY, BEING ‘THOUGHTLESS’ CAN COST YOU Late last month, we told…
During a Nov. 5 judicial screening hearing, Greenville County Circuit Judge Edward “Ned” Miller testified…
REFORM: IT SHOULDN’T BE COMPLICATED Happy New Year! As you can see from Robert Ariail’s…