Tax cuts, no raise for SC workers in gov’s budget
Taxes Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Corporations and people would get a break on their income taxes and public workers in South Carolina would go a fourth year without a pay raise under a budget proposal Gov. Nikki Haley released Friday.
2012 Elections, Headlines Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
In South Carolina, the governor’s mansion is on the grounds of a former arsenal that was burned down by the Union army during the Civil War.
Tea party shifts from rallies to mobile organizing
Activism Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
The tea party may or may not be on the ebb elsewhere, but in South Carolina some of its leaders have shifted from rallies to sophisticated vote-getting strategies.
Jesse Jackson: SC “sinking the ship in order to protect states rights”
State's Rights Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Jesse Jackson said that we are playing to an imaginary South Carolina and “sinking the ship in order to protect states rights”. Our response: “The only thing imaginary about South Carolina is Rev. Jackson’s belief that our citizens will have better health care, better schools, and better job opportunities if the federal govt continues to try and control our state. We appreciate his concern but we’ll Keep doing what we believe is best for the state we actually live in- and will continue to watch South Carolina grow and move toward a bright future.”
Finance, Headlines Thursday, November 10th, 2011
BY JAMES ROSEN, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPER -The Miami Herald WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the federal labor agency fighting Boeing’s new factory in North Charleston, N.C., repeatedly joked among themselves about the dispute and exchanged a political cartoon portraying S.C. Sen. Glenn McConnell as a crass-speaking confederate soldier, according to internal documents released Wednesday. The emails, memos [...]
Activism Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
By Associated Press, The Washington Post COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tea party favorite U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint says he won’t endorse a candidate in the 2012 presidential race, taking what could have been a huge bump in popularity off the table for candidates in early voting South Carolina. DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton on Monday confirmed a [...]
South Carolina’s Immigration Law Challenged by Federal Gov’t
State's Rights Monday, November 7th, 2011
South Carolina’s strict new immigration law is being challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice under the claim that it undermines federal authority.
South Carolina mine sparks mini-gold rush
Finance Sunday, October 16th, 2011
By Harriet McLeod | Reuters A Canadian mining company and a tiny South Carolina town are leading what could be a modern gold rush to the southeastern United States. Romarco Minerals Inc. reopened the historic Haile Gold Mine near Kershaw, S.C., this year and expects to pour its first gold bar there in early 2014, [...]
2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
From American Research Group Herman Cain leads the South Carolina Republican presidential primary with 26%. Cain is followed closely by Mitt Romney at 25%. Rick Perry is third at 15%. In July, Romney was leading with 25%, followed by Sarah Palin at 16%, Michele Bachmann at 13%, and Herman Cain at 10%. Among likely primary [...]
House passes jobs protection act
Finance Saturday, September 17th, 2011
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Diane Black, R-Gallatin, voted Thursday for H.R. 2587, the “Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act,” which prohibits the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any employer to close, relocate or transfer employment under any circumstance, according to a news release from Black’s office. H.R. 2587 passed the House by a vote [...]