Once again, the 170-member General Assembly can’t seem to tighten its own financial belt. Since…
Month: March 2015
IT AIN’T ROCKET SCIENCE. IT AIN’T EVEN SCIENCE Members of the South Carolina House pride…
THAT? OH, IT’S JUST THE CONSTITUTION. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT. Members of the S.C. Senate…
A judge has rejected claims by freshman Rep. Greg Duckworth, R-Horry, that an Horry County…
In November, State Law Enforcement Division agents arrested Joe Edward Butler, then a state Department…
WHAT’S THE POINT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IF OFFICIALS CAN KICK THE PUBLIC OUT ANY TIME…
Since fiscal 2013, at least two dozen corporate members of a nonprofit group pushing for…
THERE’S THIS THING CALLED THE STATE CONSTITUTION. AND YES, WE STILL HAVE ONE. Legislative meetings…
SUPERSIZE ME (QUIETLY) Every year, it seems, state politicos brawl over comparatively miniscule spending items,…
From 2008 through last year, the S.C. House and Senate Republican and Democratic caucuses collectively…
SINCE I CAN’T AFFORD A LOBBYIST, ALL I CAN DO IS ASK I read four daily…
A House-passed bill allowing South Carolina public agencies to take legal action against citizens who…
By JAMIE MURGUIA “It’s good business for me.” A freshmen lawmaker did the unthinkable on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Reps. Murrell Smith and Leon Stavrinakis had more than a…
By DEBBIE NIX IT STARTS WITH ONE ‘GREAT IDEA’ Nothing can create an absolute knock-down…
The S.C. House meets today to begin debating a nearly $24.5 billion proposed state budget…
IT’S ABOUT CAREERS, STUPID I’ve never been accused of taking a rosy view of what…
THAT’LL LEARN ‘EM The South Carolina House recently passed a bill making it a criminal…
Taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $2.4 million awarded to a Massachusetts-based firm that…
PUT DIFFERENTLY: IS THERE ANYTHING THAT’S NOT THE PUBLIC SECTOR? Last month I received in the…
The leader of a national gun-rights organization says he has serious concerns about S.C. ethics…