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SPARTANBURG SENATOR CONSIDERS NEXT MOVE
COLUMBIA, S.C. (TPS) – The ever-ambitious Sen. Jim Ritchie (R-Spartanburg), one of at least five Republicans rumored to be weighing a run for governor in three years, has sent a letter across the state in an effort to feel out and drum up support for a potential statewide campaign. In [...]
EMBATTLED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LINKED TO ALLEGED ILLICIT ACTIVITIES
COLUMBIA, S.C. (TPS) – An organization backing presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani (R-N.Y.) may soon be the subject of an Internal Revenue Service investigation, The Palmetto Scoop has learned. A source has informed TPS that a complaint will be filed against the South Carolina Fire Fighters Association, a [...]
HEALTH ACCESS AMERICA HELPS OVER 1,000 SOUTH CAROLINIANS FIND AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS
With an estimated 20 percent of South Carolina’s population uninsured, the health care problem in the state has become a full-blown crisis. Representatives from the group Health Access America are looking to improve the current predicament and have attended more than 100 [...]
HELP US STOP JUDGE MARK HAYES’ RULING FROM SHUTTING DOWN THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE
The children of South Carolina are at risk. They have become the target of a rogue activist judge – a man whose job is based around an oath to seek justice, and justice alone – who has employed [...]
The Habele Outer Island Education Fund, a South Carolina based nonprofit comprised of former Peace Corps Volunteers and other education-minded Americans, announced Monday that it is awarding over $3,500 in high school scholarships to students from a remote and underdeveloped Pacific Atoll of Micronesia. The organization said the recipients are two girls aged 17 [...]
When we heard late Monday that fellow blogger and Summerville resident Earl Capps, 36, announced he would accept the state treasurer post vacated by Thomas Ravenel if elected, we were elated. We consider Earl to be a friend and ally in the blogosphere (Check out his site, “The Blogland of Earl Capps,” here). [...]
The D.C. Madam controversy has already claimed a few political scalps — including Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) — but could it soon claim one closer to home?
Contained within the volumes of Pamela Martin & Associates’ phone records, many of which have yet to be fully explored, are a pair of curious calls stemming from Columbia, [...]
The always witty and sometimes sassy conservative blogstress Elizabeth “Media Lizzy” Blackney, one of The Palmetto Scoop’s favorite bloggers and GOP strategists, has just released her first book, Sex, Lies & Politricks. The book details how Blackney feels the political process is working, and reminds Americans that they “have an obligation to participate.” [...]
The Palmetto Scoop has just learned that Rep. Thad Viers, who was accused in October 2006 of making harassing, threatening phone calls to a Columbia man, will be in court Thursday. The trial will be heard by Richland County Magistrate Judge Michael Davis at 11 a.m. at the judge’s office, 1403 Caroline Road, Columbia.
The [...]
COLUMBIA, SC (TPS) – The Palmetto Scoop has just learned that former University of South Carolina fullback Rob DeBoer is one of four men implicated in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit aimed at bringing down one of the largest pyramid schemes in the nation. According to court documents filed this week, DeBoer helped [...]
