SC Waste Watch: More Shady Payments To “Republican” Consultant
GETTING RICH OFF GOVERNMENT … A so-called “Republican” consultant with close ties to powerful S.C. Senator Hugh Leatherman is raking in hundreds of thousands of...
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Henry McMaster Signs $826 Million Annual Tax Hike
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SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR BOWS TO STATUS QUO ......
2018 SC Governor’s Race: Gas Tax Looms Large
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TOM DAVIS, CATHERINE TEMPLETON TRADE TWEETS … An ongoing legislative debate over whether to raise gasoline taxes on South Carolina motorists spilled over into the...
Day Of Decision Approaching On SC Gas Tax
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KEY VOTE LOOMING IN STATE SENATE … Make no mistake: There is only one vote to watch in the South Carolina Senate when it comes...
Terrible SC Pension Bill Headed To Governor’s Desk
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PALMETTO TAXPAYERS NEED THEIR GOVERNOR TO USE HIS VETO PEN … A badly flawed South Carolina pension “reform” bill will land on S.C. governor Henry...
SC Waste Watch: GOP Consultant Gets Big (Taxpayer) Bucks
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FAILED PROGRAM PAYS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO GOP ADVISOR … One of the “Republican” consultants tangentially tied to an ongoing anti-corruption investigation has raked in hundreds of thousands...
Modest SC Choice Expansion: But How?
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BACKROOM DEAL NETS $1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP MONEY … South Carolina’s fledgling school choice program might be expanding this year after all … but...
SC Pension Fund “Fix” Screws Taxpayers
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MASSIVE $826 MILLION TAX HIKE LOOMS … South Carolina lawmakers have found a way to “fix” the state’s pension fund problem. The only problem? It...
#ProbeGate: Grand Jury Reconvening Soon
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MORE INDICTMENTS COULD BE COMING … A statewide grand jury tasked with issuing subpoenas, receiving testimony and returning indictments in an ongoing investigation of public corruption...
Taxpayers Win Early SC Gas Tax Skirmish
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BIGGER BATTLES LOOM, THOUGH … Efforts to ram a massive “infrastructure” tax hike through the South Carolina General Assembly sustained an early procedural defeat this...