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...
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...
DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES … We’ve written twice now in relation to this week’s upcoming partisan primary elections for seats in the S.C....
“REPUBLICAN” DELEGATION TAKES (FAMILIAR) SHAPE A few months ago, the release of the South Carolina “Republican” party convention delegation – and its officers and committee...
OH, HENRY … AND JOSEPH, AND FRANK, AND GEORGE … If S.C. lieutenant governor Henry McMaster is to realize his decades-long dream of becoming governor...
PETTY INFIGHTING AT GOVERNMENT-RUN MARITIME AGENCY … A battle is brewing at the S.C. State Ports Authority (SCSPA) over politically-connected contracts first exposed by this...
GOVERNOR BLASTED FOR DISRESPECTING THE RULE OF LAW S.C. governor Nikki Haley is getting blasted by one of the Palmetto State’s legacy media leaders over...
CLOSED-DOOR STATE HOUSE CONFAB DRAWS SCRUTINY … S.C. governor Nikki Haley demanded – and got – a brief, “intense” private meeting with lieutenant governor Henry McMaster inside...
“FOGHORN LEGHORN” HIGHLIGHTS THE INCESTUOUS NATURE OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S LATEST (AND POSSIBLY GREATEST) POLITICAL SCANDAL S.C. lieutenant governor Henry McMaster has never been the sharpest...