It’s Done: SC Gas Tax Hike Becomes Law
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...
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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 General Assembly: Upstate Lawmaker Announces Impending Resignation
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HAROLD MITCHELL TO STEP DOWN, CITES HEALTH REASONS … S.C. Representative Harold Mitchell – a liberal Democrat from a heavily gerrymandered district in Spartanburg County...
SC Wine Wars: Game On!
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SUPREME COURT DECISION UPENDS ALCOHOL DEBATE … Earlier this month we wrote on a surprise ruling by the S.C. Supreme Court in a case involving “Big...
Release: Katie Arrington Introduces Bill To Limit Politicians’ Power
COLUMBIA, SC – First-term State Representative Katie Arrington (R-Summerville) introduced legislation this week to ensure all of the power in Columbia does not lie in...
Freshman SC Lawmaker Proposes Term Limits For Committee Chairs
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KATIE ARRINGTON ROLLS OUT LONG-OVERDUE REFORM … Freshman S.C. Rep. Katie Arrington has filed legislation that would impose term limits on the chairmen of committees in...
Release: Endorsements Drive Richard Cash Runoff Momentum
ANDERSON, SC, April 17, 2017— Businessman Richard Cash was endorsed on Monday, April 17th by the Club for Growth. The Club for Growth is a...
Henry McMaster Must Veto Pension Bill
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TAXPAYERS MUST BE TREATED FAIRLY … South Carolina governor Henry McMaster has issued two commendable veto threats in recent weeks. He’s vowed to veto a...
“Conservation Kevorkian” Strikes Again
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STATE LAWMAKERS CUT RECURRING FUNDING FOR CONSERVATION BANK … This website has written previously on the diminished clout of liberal enviro-lobbyist Ann Timberlake, who ostensibly...
Desperate SC Dems Search For Candidates
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE PALMETTO STATE’S MINORITY PARTY IS LEVERAGING OUTSIZED INFLUENCE OVER STATE GOVERNMENT … We wrote recently about the S.C. Democratic Party...