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There were a pair of pretty big legislative items that happened this afternoon. First, the House tabled debate on the controversial school gun bill that would allow concealed weapons on academic campuses. The bill is scheduled to come up again for debate next Wednesday.
The lower chamber also unanimously passed S. 213 to aimed [...]
With summer just around the corner and the weather near-perfect, the work day seems to get longer and longer. Fear not.
Even though we are already the bright spot in your day, every day, we have decided to step-up our coolness by bringing you a daily video that we believe reaches the status of “TPS-style [...]
They have gone and ruined all of Jim Clyburn’s fun… and he’s mad. He told the AP that Florida’s GOP-controlled legislature’s decision to move the state’s primary date to Jan. 29, the same day as South Carolina Democrats, was “devious.”
Florida’s primary move “was done by a Republican-controlled General Assembly and a Republican governor, and [...]
As our regular readers can attest, we’re pretty big fans of the Senate’s proposed comprehensive immigration reform bill. So it would come as a surprise to us that the bill’s strongest supporter would endorse limiting the number of people that can emigrate to the U.S. But that’s exactly what presidential candidate Sen. John [...]
Here are the headlines circulating their way around the Statehouse for Thursday, May 31:
Private school option beaten [AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
SC taxpayers, not political parties would pay for early primaries [AP]
Congress, state push immigration reforms [BEAUFORT GAZETTE]
Former Opponents Team Up To Raise Cigarette Tax [WYFF 4]
Wal-Mart really delivers in Palmetto State [CHARLESTON POST & COURIER]
SC RTL Act [...]
The Liberty Sphere is reporting that a group of University of South Carolina students were on-board the Atlanta to Europe flight taken by the 31-year-old man carrying a rare and dangerous strain of tuberculosis.
As of yet there is no reason to believe that any of the students are in any danger. Yet they state they [...]
Congressmen Joe Wilson and John Spratt were part of a four-member congressional “fact-finding mission” that visited members of Newberry-based National Guard unit in Afghanistan. We’re not sure if anyone knows for certain what a “fact-finding mission” is, but it’s a good enough excuse to visit some brave South Carolina soldiers.
As we noted yesterday, a group of state lawmakers held a press conference this afternoon as part of the “Draft Thompson Movement,” encouraging former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) to run for president. The event was led by State Sen. Larry Grooms of Bonneau and State Rep. Michael Thompson of Anderson as well as [...]
With summer just around the corner and the weather near-perfect, the work day seems to get longer and longer. Fear not.
Even though we are already the bright spot in your day, every day, we have decided to step-up our coolness by bringing you a daily video that we believe reaches the status of “TPS-style [...]
According to David Stanton, presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has chosen Kevin Griffis to serve as his campaign’s South Carolina communications director. Griffis was in charge of communications for Virginia’s Democratic coordinated campaign during Gov. Tim Kaine’s 2005 campaign.
