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South Carolina's ethics laws are a messnew
On the very few occasions I have found myself in agreement with Gov. Nikki Haley, I immediately step back and ask myself, is this some kind of a trick? Did I misunderstand her? But on the matter of South Carolina's desperate need for ethics reform in government, the guv and I are in complete agreement.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
01-09-2014 |
Policy Issues
What if dueling had never been outlawed in South Carolina?new
It's not that hard to imagine, really: Two politicians lock horns. They start lobbing insults at each other in press releases, passive-aggressive tweets, and cable news interviews. Words like "socialist" and "racist" get thrown around. Then they go out in a field and shoot guns at each other.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-27-2013 |
Policy Issues
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
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
Mark Sanford is no legal scholar when it comes to the Affordable Care Actnew
In an opinion piece published in Tuesday’s issue of The Post and Courier, Congressman Mark Sanford dedicated most of his column to a “constitutional issue” that he claims “really hasn’t been discussed” but that he thinks “provides legitimacy to the Republican House’s attempts to delay the implementation of [the Affordable Care Act]” by refusing to pass a budget and holding the entire federal government hostage.
Charleston City Paper |
Laurin Manning |
10-06-2013 |
Policy Issues
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
Mr. Sanford goes (back) to Washingtonnew
You could feel it in the air. The cautious optimism that characterized South Carolina Democrats' anxiety over the prospect of Elizabeth Colbert Busch being elected to Congress was gone. Polling numbers be damned, it was anybody's race going into the special election on May 7, and by the end of the day, it was still a toss-up.
Charleston City Paper |
Sam Spence |
05-15-2013 |
Policy Issues
Preservation Society works to save one of Magnolia Cemetery's masterpiecesnew
Before he was ultimately laid to rest, William Burroughs Smith spent 30 months inside the Magnolia Cemetery receiving tomb. Or, more accurately, his body did.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
05-09-2013 |
Policy Issues
From farmers markets to cooking classes, schools are helping families grow better eating habitsnew
The children gathered around the classroom table at Pinehurst Elementary in North Charleston are having a difficult time cutting mangoes. Ann Hoch, a former chef, is there to help.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
05-09-2013 |
Policy Issues
Charleston Animal Society thinks outside the box to create a no-kill communitynew
Last week, a speckled brown kitten was rescued by Charleston County animal control from the south side of the Ravenel Bridge. "We get calls every spring where people say someone threw a kitten on the bridge," says Kay Hyman, the director of community engagement for the Charleston Animal Society. "No one's ever seen it actually happening really. Kittens are born all the time under that bridge, and what happens is they get spooked ... and they start moving."
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
04-24-2013 |
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
Grover Norquist Draws the Linenew
There have always been libertarian and authoritarian strains within the Republican Party. Both are very different, and sometimes they're even incompatible.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
12-05-2012 |
Policy Issues
Are Abstinence-Only Programs the Solution?new
In theory, $51,000 could buy a lot of condoms and prevent a lot of babies and STDs (if used correctly).
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-26-2012 |
Policy Issues
The Charleston Museum may be empty of people, but it's full of stuffnew
The Charleston Museum has a parking lot. In this city, that's currency. It's not very large, but it is free, and that's all that matters.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Policy Issues
