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Scoop Sketch: SC budget clowns

The latest editorial cartoon from award-winning TPS contributor Mike Beckom tackles South Carolina lawmakers’ attempts [...]

French people will kill for fame

A lot of people say they will “kill” for celebrity, but a French documentary recently put that notion to the test. The documentary, called [...]

Senator cites sake as spur for Dem ’suicide’ on health care bill

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham stirred the Democratic hornets nest by suggesting that anyone who voted for the massive trillion-dollar [...]

  • The Water Bobble has arrived

    After more than three weeks of waiting, I arrived home on Monday to finally find that my much-anticipated Water Bobble had [...]

    Tony Dungy speaks to SC inmates

    Super Bowl winning NFL coach Tony Dungy was in South Carolina on Tuesday, but his visit had little to do with football. [...]

    Massey to drop Congressional bid

    It’s been a long time coming, but word spread on Tuesday that State Sen. Shane Massey (R-Edgefield) was dropping out of the [...]

  • Garrison Keillor coming to SC

    Pull up a chair and grab some Powdermilk Biscuits because Carson Wyler’s alter-ego is headed to South Carolina. Garrison Keillor [...]
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    Graham, DeMint: Health Care bill is ‘bad medicine’

    As the Democrats have become more and more desperate to pass their health care bill into law at any cost, their approval ratings [...]

  • Sanford settles ethics case, will pay $74K in fines

    Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday settled his drawn-out legal battle with the South Carolina Ethics Commission over 37 charges that [...]

    SC House passes $5B budget

    After a 23 hour marathon session that included seemingly-endless discussions over taxpayer-funded abortion, the cigarette tax [...]

    Sanford releases March Madness bracket… for ‘Big Gov’t Basketball’

    While much of America (including yours truly) is going through the process of filling out their brackets for the NCAA basketball [...]

  • MoveOn.org pushes Democrats to back ObamaCare

    As the debate over socialized health care comes to a head in Washington, one of the largest special interest groups in the country [...]

    Jogger killed by plane in freak SC crash

    A freak plane accident in Hilton Head has claimed the life of a Georgia man and caught the attention of federal investigators. [...]

    Romney backs Haley in SC guv race

    South Carolina State Rep. Nikki Haley on Tuesday became the fourth GOP gubernatorial candidate to get the support of a former [...]
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