AltWeeklies Wire
Is Racism Over?new
What the Supreme Court's voting rights ruling means for South Carolina.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
07-03-2013 |
Race & Class
Nuclear Islandnew
As the world abandons nuclear plans, South Carolina digs in.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-12-2013 |
Energy
Tags: nuclear energy
Do Bloggers Deserve First Amendment Protection?new
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham pushes media shield law — and questions who should be covered by it.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-05-2013 |
Media
Tags: Lindsey Graham, Media Shield Laws
Send in the Clownsnew
There are 20 clowns running for Congress in South Carolina.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
03-06-2013 |
Politics
The Watchdognew
Two decades after an FBI sting nailed South Carolina lawmakers, one man is again at the center of a push for ethics reform.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
02-27-2013 |
Politics
S.C. House Speaker Under Criminal Probenew
The S.C. GOP attorney general asked for an investigation into the state’s most powerful politician, GOP House Speaker Bobby Harrell.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
02-15-2013 |
Politics
Don't Med on Menew
Will South Carolina choose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, or won't it?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins and Dan Cook |
02-06-2013 |
Health
Jenny Sanford's Mom Led Handgun Control Efforts in 1970snew
Jenny Sanford is on S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's shortlist to replace Republican Jim DeMint in the U.S. Senate. Her mom led one of the first national handgun control efforts in the 1970s.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
12-17-2012 |
Policy Issues
South Carolina’s Role in a GOP Civil Warnew
In the struggle for the Republican Party to define itself after its loss to President Obama, it doesn’t appear this self-examination will be pretty. Here are the first shots in a GOP civil war.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-14-2012 |
Elections
Tags: GOP, Republicans
McClatchy's The State to Charge for Online News Content in Decembernew
Next month, The State newspaper will begin charging readers to view its online news content, erecting what is known in the industry as a digital paywall.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-07-2012 |
Media
Pitfall! How Voter ID Trips Up Votersnew
Final arguments will be held Sept. 24 in a federal court case about South Carolina’s Voter ID law. Pitfalls for voters abound regardless of how the court rules, and that could be just the intention of those who passed the law.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
09-20-2012 |
Politics
Tags: voting rights act
Lawyer for S.C. Attorney General Wants Reporter's Notesnew
S.C. GOP Attorney General Alan Wilson is listed as a plaintiff in a broad subpoena that asks a local reporter to turn over her private notes and conversations.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
08-29-2012 |
Media
More S.C. Papers to Charge for Online Accessnew
A company that owns five newspapers in South Carolina, including The State, announced that it will soon start charging readers to view online news content.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
08-17-2012 |
Media
Tags: Newspaper Paywalls
Stacking the Decknew
Politicians' ties to South Carolina's seedy video gambling underworld.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
08-03-2012 |
Crime & Justice
South Carolinians Unite Against 'War on Women'new
For months, a national narrative that there is a war on women has been filling TV broadcasts and leading newspaper headlines. Democrats have blamed Republicans for trying to legislate away women’s reproductive rights; Republicans have accused Democrats of inflating an inflammatory wedge issue to score political points. For some, the Palmetto State is ground zero.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
05-01-2012 |
The War on Women
