FORMER LAWMAKER ENTERS HALFWAY HOUSE … Former S.C. Rep. Thad Viers has been released from a minimum security federal prison in Petersburg, Virginia after serving...
CAMPAIGN KICKOFF EVENT INDEFINITELY POSTPONED … The worst kept secret in South Carolina politics is that Lowcountry labor attorney Catherine Templeton is running for governor...
COUGH IT UP, CHOPPERS … A powerful, politically-connected attorney is soliciting contributions in connection with a “portrait unveiling ceremony” for powerful S.C. Senate president Hugh...
ATTORNEY GENERAL AGREES STATE’S TOP COURT SHOULD HEAR CASE … This website hasn’t had the occasion to praise S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson in quite a long...
BEHIND THE SCENES … All the previous political calculus regarding the 2018 South Carolina gubernatorial race went out the window when U.S. president-elect Donald Trump chose the...
WILL HE SING? Attorneys for embattled S.C. Rep. Jimmy Merrill have been meeting with prosecutors this week in an effort to negotiate a plea agreement...
THE DEFINITION OF PAY-TO-PLAY … For the better part of the last decade-and-a-half, the S.C. Association of Realtors has been widely regarded as one of...
INDICTED LAWMAKER APPEARS IN COURT … Indicted S.C. Rep. Jimmy Merrill appeared before a state judge on Thursday and was released on a $146,000 personal recognizance...