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SC victims of mortgage fraud to receive a whopping $840 settlement
October 31, 2012 · 1 comment

Did you lose your home during the Great Recession thanks to questionable practices by mortgage...

See which lawmakers are in NY school voucher advocate Howard Rich’s pocket
October 30, 2012 · 4 comments

Over two dozen South Carolina lawmakers and party organizations have accepted over $325,000 from a...

Senators question delay in announcing Dept. of Revenue security breach
October 29, 2012 · 1 comment

A group of Democratic lawmakers is asking why it took over two weeks for state...

INFOGRAPHIC: Child poverty in South Carolina
October 22, 2012 · 4 comments

All statistics listed in this infographic are taken from the Kaiser State Health Facts and...

Over $2 million in late filing fees owed to the State Ethics Commission
October 12, 2012 · No comments

Over 300 candidates, office-holders and lobbyists owe more than $2 million in fines to the...

Bipartisan groups call for investigation of House Speaker’s campaign reimbursements
October 9, 2012 · 2 comments

With as divisive as America’s political system has become, getting South Carolina’s various policy advocates...

Nikki Haley no longer thinks SC’s welfare recipients are all on drugs
October 4, 2012 · 3 comments

About a year ago, Gov. Nikki Haley tried to sell a plan requiring South Carolina’s...

Bobby Harrell has a little “Ken Ard problem”
October 1, 2012 · 1 comment

It’s been barely six months since former South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard left office...

Raleigh’s public transit innovations provide a model for Columbia’s future
September 28, 2012 · 11 comments

Let me tell you a story about the capital city of a southern state. This...