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Meet the Wild, Drunken Hobo Clowns Terrorizing Charlestonnew
The clown freaking out the town of Northampton, U.K., or the newer one creeping on Staten Island have nothing on these crass clowns in downtown Charleston, S.C. City Paper scores a bizarre interview.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
03-26-2014 |
Culture
Two years later, Occupy Columbia v. Nikki Haley drags on in federal courtnew
A three-judge panel in Richmond, Va., is likely hearing one of the last cases left in the federal court system relating to Occupy Wall Street
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
11-05-2013 |
#OCCUPY
Why is S.C. Supreme Court Not Following Law on Timely Court Decisions?new
According to state law, justices on the S.C. Supreme Court have 60 days to file their decisions from the time a term ends after hearing a case. So why aren't they doing it?
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
11-01-2013 |
Policy Issues
Health insurance industry targets Charleston's hospitality workers during Obamacare launchnew
Nick Johnson is a 33-year-old Folly Beach bartender who hasn't had health insurance since he was 18. He also hasn't seen the inside of a hospital or a doctor's office for more than a decade, but two weeks ago he injured his left hand playing baseball with his nephew.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
10-10-2013 |
Policy Issues
How South Carolina Continues to Thwart Solar Powernew
For years, sun-soaked South Carolina has been one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to harnessing the power of solar energy.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
09-26-2013 |
Energy
A Fistful of Bitcoinsnew
The good, the bad, and the ugly of crypto-currency.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
09-06-2013 |
Economy
Unreported Fender-Bender Involving Nikki Haley Leads to Questions About Her Ethicsnew
The fender-bender itself was not earth-shattering news. But as the governor gears up for a 2014 re-election campaign against likely Democratic challenger Vincent Sheheen, the previously unreported car accident raised questions about whether Haley uses state-owned vehicles to travel to campaign fundraising events.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers and Corey Hutchins |
08-30-2013 |
Politics
Tags: Pat McCrory, Nikki Haley
What if Nikki Haley Runs for President in 2016?new
South Carolina's hip, young governor has a compelling story. Nikki Haley is the state's first female and minority chief executive, a conservative suburbanite in spike heels with a Dixie drawl.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
08-15-2013 |
Elections
Nikki Haley cleared by ethics panelnew
Five Republicans and one Democrat cleared Republican Gov. Nikki Haley of wrongdoing June 29 after investigating whether she had illegally lobbied as a lawmaker. It was the first time the House Ethics Committee investigated a sitting governor.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
07-03-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Mark Sanford, Nikki Haley
Hip-Hop and Comics Collidenew
For years now, comics and hip-hop culture have been on something of a collision course.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
08-31-2011 |
Recreation
Boeing Hearing Amounts to Little More Than Political Theaternew
On June 17, Lafe Solomon, chief acting legal counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, was summoned to North Charleston under the threat of a subpoena. The reason: To sit before a U.S. House panel and be attacked by mob of angry Republicans, including three Congressmen from South Carolina and the state's high-profile governor and possible 2012 GOP VP candidate, Nikki Haley.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
06-21-2011 |
Business & Labor
Boeing's Decision to Move Has Turned Into a Legal Nightmarenew
Last week, South Carolina's top politicians gathered together to celebrate the official opening of Boeing's Dreamliner plant in North Charleston. But this week, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will conduct hearings in the city on a lawsuit filed by the National Labor Relations Board against the airline manufacturer. At issue is whether Boeing illegally retaliated against its unionized workforce in Washington state by building a second Dreamliner plant in North Charleston, a move that will create an estimated 3,800 new jobs in South Carolina.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
06-17-2011 |
Business & Labor
Paradise Lost? Climate Change and South Carolina Tourismnew
During a week when world leaders assembled in Copenhagen to hash out a way to confront the grim effects of climate change, a "sportsman's roundtable" gathered in Columbia to address the impacts global warming could have closer to home — on South Carolina's natural resources.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
01-06-2010 |
Environment
