SC Lawmakers Delay Action On “Unsubstantial” Budget Vetoes
A DUBIOUS DECISION … South Carolina state lawmakers previously said they would wait until January 2018 to address governor Henry McMaster’s budget vetoes in the...
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Henry McMaster Issues Budget Vetoes
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GOVERNOR PROPOSES SMALL CUTS South Carolina governor Henry McMaster issued a handful of budget vetoes on Monday in response to the massive $29 billion spending plan sent...
SC Failure Factory Update
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WILLIAMSBURG DRAMA … This website has made no secret of its contempt for South Carolina’s failed government-run school system – specifically, the consistently abysmal academic...
#SC2018: Planned Parenthood Spat
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ISSUE SPILLS INTO GOVERNOR’S RACE The “Republican” primary for governor of South Carolina is still more than a year away, but the battle lines in...
SC Open Records: The Next Step
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END LEGISLATIVE EXEMPTION … We wrote last week about some positive upgrades to South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws – reforms which should make...
#SC2018: Catherine Templeton Still “Tonning It”
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DOLLAR DOLLAR BILLS, Y’ALL … So far the biggest surprise of the 2018 “Republican” governor’s race in South Carolina was the impressive $700,000 haul reported by labor...
SC Budget Deal Reached
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MORE MONEY, MORE FAILURE … As expected, South Carolina legislative conferees reached a deal this week on a final version of the Palmetto State’s 2017-2018...
Release: Henry McMaster Signs Open Records Law
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster was joined today by Representative Bill Taylor, Representative Weston Newton and open government advocates for a ceremonial bill signing...
Henry McMaster Signs Freedom of Information Bill
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PROGRESS ON OPEN RECORDS … Earlier this month we filed a report on the proposed bolstering of South Carolina’s open records laws. We’re happy to...
SC Traffic Fatalities Mount
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PALMETTO STATE “DIEWAYS …” A total of 404 people have died on South Carolina highways through the first five months of the year – just ahead...