During the summer months, both the Charleston County Council and the council committees meet but…
Investigative Reports
South Carolina’s three public research universities and the State Ports Authority gave financial or in-kind…
Jane Page Thompson Citizen Reporter A proposed $236 million Aiken County School bond referendum was…
State Sen. Phil Leventis’ war of words against S.C. Department of Corrections Director Jon Ozmint…
Gov. Mark Sanford has vetoed a bill that would allow allegations of ethical wrongdoing against…
After two years of the state’s general fund budget imploding to the tune of almost…
A bill involving a little-known state board, vetoed by Gov. Mark Sanford but overridden by…
At the most recent Charleston City Council meeting, residents expressed concern during the Citizen Participation period…
Two of the four South Carolina counties that were without an Internet presence just a…
You want Budget and Control Board efficiencies? You’ve got Budget and Control Board efficiencies. But…
Mayor Joe Riley has been a consistent champion of programs to increase energy-usage efficiency in…
A state senator says he’ll try again next year to get a bill passed creating…
The development of a new State Farmers Market has stretched into a years-long project fraught…
We were looking for some action during the June 16 Charleston City Council meeting regarding…
After giving itself a $4 million budget raise two weeks ago, the S.C. Senate returns…
When word got out that Lexington/Richland School District 5 allowed ex-administrator Lee Bollman to retain…
Jan Williams Citizen Reporter Harry Wertheimer of Salem discusses the wastefulness of ethanol projects during…
It required the leanest of lean budget times, and it didn’t happen until halfway through…
It looks like Gov. Mark Sanford will not have to help decide the fate of…
Charleston County Council member A. Victor Rawl’s request for consideration of a referendum relating to…
The majority of school districts in South Carolina received a grade of D or F…
In a rare move, S.C. Senate Clerk Jeffrey Gossett took to the podium on the…
The S.C. House sustained 51 of Gov. Mark Sanford’s 107 budget vetoes last week, a…
It took one of South Carolina’s worst budget crunches in modern history, but legislators have…
The General Assembly overrode a gubernatorial veto and passed a bipartisan bill into law Wednesday…
If the S.C. General Assembly gets its way this week, 10 state agencies –including the…
The S.C. House’s chief budget writer, Rep. Dan Cooper, is definitely not a man with…
If history offers any indication, expect legislators to override the vast majority of Gov. Mark…
A bill that would make it a crime for secondary school teachers and officials to…
Fresh off securing $2.5 million from local government sources, the S.C. State Museum is now…
By Kay Rikard Citizen Reporter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NekxQMRXHH0
State Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman must be the sensitive type – at least…
By Tracey Pinkerton Citizen Reporter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQC54YAfWw8