#ProbeGate: Accused Seek To Have Special Prosecutor Removed
HEARING SCHEDULED IN ANTI-CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION … Those accused of wrongdoing – or staring down indictments – in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation into public...
Hugh Leatherman
SC Gas Tax Predictions
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BOOKMARK THESE … For the past three years, many South Carolinians have been demanding that their elected leaders “fix their roads.” And as we’ve noted...
It’s Done: SC Gas Tax Hike Becomes Law
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PALMETTO STATE TAXPAYERS GET SHAFTED AGAIN … By a vote of 127-30, South Carolina’s “Republican-controlled” legislature approved a massive tax increase on its citizens this week...
Gas Tax “Compromise” Clears SC Senate
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“REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED” CHAMBER STICKS IT TO TAXPAYERS … By an overwhelming (and veto-proof) majority, the so-called “Republican” South Carolina Senate cleared a compromise gas tax increase through their chamber...
SC Gas Tax Compromise: Terrible Outcome For Taxpayers
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INSIDE THE LATEST SHAKEDOWN … A panel of South Carolina lawmakers has agreed to a compromise on competing plans to raise the state’s gasoline tax – putting...
SC Senate Sneaking In $500 Million In Deficit Spending
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SO-CALLED “BOND BILL” IS BACK … A costly bond bill – which would borrow nearly $500 million to pay for renovations and so-called “deferred maintenance” at...
State House Watch: Gas Tax Conferees Named
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DEAL? OR NO DEAL? Six South Carolina lawmakers have been tasked with reconciling major differences between S.C. House and State Senate versions of a proposed...
2018 S.C. Governor’s Race: Democratic Uncertainty
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MINORITY PARTY’S GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY IN FLUX … Does it matter who the Democratic nominee for governor of South Carolina is in 2018? No … not...
SC House Rebukes Senate Version Of Gas Tax Hike
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WILL “ROADS BILL” EVEN MAKE IT TO GOVERNOR’S DESK? “Republican” leaders in the S.C. House of Representatives are refusing to accept the State Senate’s version of...
SC Senate Shuts Down Tom Davis, Passes Gas Tax Hike
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FISCAL CONSERVATIVES ROUTED … In each of the past two years, S.C. Senator Tom Davis of Beaufort County has been able to successfully block proposed gas tax hikes...