Leon Stavrinakis: Not Switching Parties (Yet)
DEMOCRAT NOT JOINING THE OTHER PARTY OF BIG GOVERNMENT … FOR NOW The hottest rumor at the S.C. State House this week (well, the second hottest...
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Ivory Thigpen: Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy
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UNLESS YOU HAVE A CAMPAIGN WARDROBE ACCOUNT … Last week we reported on liberal S.C. House of Representatives candidate Ivory Thigpen plopping down nearly $2,000 in golf expenses...
GOP Civil War In Socially Conservative Upstate
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GAYS, FLAGS, BIBLES … IT’S ON! Shortly before this month’s “Republican” primary election, we ran an item on Upstate lawmaker Wendy Nanney. The fourth-term socially conservative...
Big Buzz Over SC Lobbyist Meltdown
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POWERFUL LOBBYIST ACCUSED OF THREATENING LEGISLATOR … The 2015-16 session of the S.C. General Assembly is over … mercifully. Palmetto State lawmakers will return in...
More Tax Problems For SC House Candidate
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ANOTHER LIEN FILED AGAINST EDDIE PHIPPS Back in April we did a story on a candidate for the S.C. House of Representatives getting hit with...
SC Roads Bill Advances
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BIG DEFICIT SPENDING SPLURGE The S.C. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would appropriate $200 million in additional, ongoing annual funding over...
Crunch Time On SC Certificate Of Need Reform
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ANTI-FREE MARKET MEASURE COULD SURVIVE THANKS TO STUBBORN S.C. SENATE We wrote earlier this year about the need to do away with South Carolina’s “certificate...
S.C. Lawmakers Still Hiding Their Emails
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TRANSPARENCY? NOT AT THE S.C. STATE HOUSE … During her 2010 campaign, then-S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley invoked a legislative exemption to keep her taxpayer-funded emails, computer...
S.C. Lawmaker Resigns Over Sexual Harassment Allegation
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LOWCOUNTRY “REPUBLICAN” DECIDES NOT TO FIGHT CHARGES Looks like S.C. Rep. Eddie Southard isn’t going to fight the sexual harassment allegations recently leveled against him after...
Wasted Billions, Massive Bonds Not Enough For SC Government Schools
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FAILED “ONE SIZE FITS NONE” SYSTEM TO AMASS $200 MILLION IN ANNUAL DEBT We’ve all heard the cliché: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing...