WHICH LAWMAKERS ARE GOING DOWN? After a three-month delay due to obstruction by S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson, an investigation into alleged corruption involving powerful...
WINNERS, LOSERS … Yesterday the S.C. Supreme Court issued a bombshell ruling in an ongoing public corruption case. At issue? Whether S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson...
PROSECUTOR EMPOWERED TO CONTINUE STATE HOUSE INVESTIGATION In a crushing defeat for S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson, the S.C. Supreme Court has ruled that he had no...
PROSECUTOR’S REMARKS WILL BE FOLLOWED CLOSELY S.C. first circuit solicitor David Pascoe will address the Sertoma Club of Columbia, S.C. this week. Pascoe is the prosecutor...
CANDIDATE DOING “DEEP DIVE” ON STATE SPENDING Former S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) director Catherine Templeton is taking steps to position herself...
LOOKING BEYOND AN UNPRECEDENTED PALMETTO PROSECUTORIAL STANDOFF … All eyes are on the South Carolina Supreme Court this summer as it considers (albeit belatedly) what...
RUNOFF ELECTION MARRED BY TROUBLING ALLEGATIONS A key endorsement in the “Republican” runoff for South Carolina’s eleventh circuit solicitor is being called into question –...
MARK SANFORD DODGES A BULLET … FOR NOW The staggering vulnerability of maverick-turned-mushy U.S. congressman Mark Sanford has the South Carolina Lowcountry buzzing about potential...
CHIEF JUSTICE SAYS CASE IS AN “EASY DECISION” The S.C. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in the ongoing, high-profile case between state attorney...
FAILED PALMETTO BUREAUCRACIES TO COMPLY WITH OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MANDATE South Carolina’s struggling government-run schools can’t educate children worth a damn (no matter how much money...