AltWeeklies Wire
S.C. natural birth centers could face closure by state regulatorsnew
A North Charleston natural birth center and other birth centers around the state have been in danger of closing since September, when the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control began investigating them for compliance with state law. “We’re in limbo right now. I don’t really know what’s going to happen,” says Lesley Rathbun, owner and director of the Charleston Birth Place.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-22-2013 |
Policy Issues
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
S.C. to End Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisonersnew
South Carolina is 49th state in nation to have a nonsegregation policy.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
07-12-2013 |
Policy Issues
S.C. public university boards have an X chromosome shortagenew
When Susan Pearlstine started campaigning to join the Medical University of South Carolina's board of trustees, she didn't imagine that the process would involve traveling to Columbia and cornering legislators in the Statehouse parking garage.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
04-18-2013 |
Policy Issues
Why Johnny Can't Use Condomsnew
South Carolina lawmakers are revisiting the state's sex ed laws.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
03-28-2013 |
Education
The Evolution of Charleston's Post and Couriernew
New editor Mitch Pugh brings aggressive online approach to Charleston's Post and Courier.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
02-27-2013 |
Media
Tags: Post and Courier, Mitch Pugh
Elizabeth Colbert Busch could rally the Democratic faithful in SC-1 electionnew
For Lowcountry Democrats, 2008 was the election year that got away. In addition to being the year 54 percent of Charleston County voters picked Barack Obama for president, it was the first year in decades that the Democrats put up a serious challenger for South Carolina's District 1 U.S. House seat.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
02-20-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Craigslist Poetry: Pirate Fairies and Churchgoersnew
The following are actual entries from the Missed Connections section of Charleston Craigslist, divided into lines and stanzas and presented without embellishment. You just can’t make this stuff up.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-18-2012 |
Poetry
Newt’s still got it, but the Tea Party is so 2010new
Just before Tea Party heartthrob Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) announced that he would be leaving the U.S. Senate in January to head up the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, a new poll released Wednesday showed support was weak for the Tea Party in the outgoing senator’s home state.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-07-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Jim DeMint, Newt Gingrich
How to Spread the Good News of Secularismnew
Five tips for nonbelievers from the Carolinas Secular Conference.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-10-2012 |
Religion
Breaking Down the Proposed I-526 Extensionnew
On July 25, researchers at the University of South Carolina mailed a one-question questionnaire to 5,000 Lowcountry households: "Do you favor or oppose building the extension of the Mark Clark Expressway along this proposed route?" (Half the surveys actually read "oppose or favor," just to counteract any bias built into the phrasing.)
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-19-2012 |
Policy Issues
The Return of Craigslist Poetrynew
These poems are taken word-for-word from entries in the Missed Connections section of Charleston Craigslist. Never been to Missed Connections? It's a place where people go to rekindle missed romantic opportunities and to sound the depths of their late-night lusts and lonesome feelings.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-19-2012 |
Culture
2 of 3 counts dismissed in lawsuit against Citadel presidentnew
On Friday afternoon, a federal judge dismissed two counts of a lawsuit against Citadel President John W. Rosa while upholding a third count. The lawsuit was filed by John Doe 2, who alleges that Skip ReVille sexually assaulted him as a minor after ReVille finished working at the Citadel as a summer camp counselor and staff member.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-18-2012 |
Policy Issues
Ben Folds eats humble pienew
Ben Folds is in his mid-40s. But when it comes to his songwriting, that doesn't mean what you'd think it means.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five
Hootie guitarist Mark Bryan falls in lovenew
Mark Bryan doesn't miss Columbia. As any good South Carolinian knows, Bryan's band, Hootie and Blowfish, met on the campus on the University of South Carolina.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
