Columbia — In a cost-cutting measure, some of South Carolina's most influential lobbyists have combined forces to try to pass legislation that would create the world's largest facility that would serve as a mall, a landfill, a private school funded by vouchers, and a check-cashing/payday lending service.
Washington DC – Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), has filed suite against E*Trade Financial Corp for $1 million, alleging that his name and likeness were used in the form of a baby girl in one of the firm's recent commercials.
Washington, DC – A Gallop poll gauging public opinion about Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning has returned a surprising result: 65% of Americans think he's from South Carolina.
Florence – In a rare act of near-unanimous contrition, South Carolinians have admitted that they used poor judgment in the past few statewide elections. In particular, the resolution drafted at the annual Meeting of Everyone in South Carolina (MESC) addresses the failings of statewide officeholders elected in 2006.
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25 February 2010
Florence – In a rare act of near-unanimous contrition, South Carolinians have admitted that they used poor judgment in the past few statewide elections. In particular, the resolution drafted at the annual Meeting of Everyone in South Carolina (MESC) addresses the failings of statewide officeholders elected in 2006.
09 March 2010
Washington DC – Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), has filed suite against E*Trade Financial Corp for $1 million, alleging that his name and likeness were used in the form of a baby girl in one of the firm's recent commercials.
12 March 2010
Columbia — In a cost-cutting measure, some of South Carolina's most influential lobbyists have combined forces to try to pass legislation that would create the world's largest facility that would serve as a mall, a landfill, a private school funded by vouchers, and a check-cashing/payday lending service.
02 March 2010
North Charleston – When Mayor Keith Summey agreed to be the grand marshal in North Charleston’s first gay pride parade, he had no idea that he would become an instant hunk among the gay community’s “plus-size” members.
28 February 2010
Columbia – Most of the buzz around Google's latest social networking innovation has involved concern over the publicizing of people's frequent contacts -- and resulting potential to reveal liaisons with mistresses or interviews with rival companies.
16 February 2010
Charleston – In a move thought long overdue by a majority of Lowcountry pundits, Mayor Joseph Riley has declared himself Emperor of the city of Charleston and the surrounding fiefdoms of Summerville and James Island.
16 February 2010
Columbia – Statehouse officials are apparently feeling the effects of the recession, as well as the effects of bulging waistlines. And what’s a powerful legislator to do when confronted with the prospect of having to pay to attend a gym like rest of us? Introduce H 4529 to give members of the SC General Assembly free access to gyms owned by the state or any local governments.
12 February 2010
Daniel Island – Recorded conversations between Representative Jim Merrill and as yet unidentified parties on a conference have the Daniel Island Republican making apologies to everyone from Superintendent of Education Jim Rex to local education officials.
01 February 2010
Columbia – Jaded South Carolinians have been left even more stunned and amazed than usual today thanks to a bold statement coming from the State Democratic Party Chairman Carol Fowler.
30 January 2010
Boone, NC – Having a four-year-old and not much money, the wife and I don't get out of our beloved South Carolina very often, so we aim to make every vacation extra special. Well, they don't get much more special than our visit to Hawksnest Tubing resort just outside of Boone, North Carolina.
29 January 2010
Columbia – In a show of defiance to lieutenant governor Andre Bauer’s recent comments comparing the poor to stray animals, the Palmetto State’s ‘Coalition of the Hungry’ group has issued a statement pledging to ‘copulate like rabbits,’ if the charitable-minded insist on continuing to feed them.