AltWeeklies Wire
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
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
Lawmakers Exempted ALEC by Name in S.C. Lobbying Lawnew
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a special interest group that writes laws favorable to its corporate sponsors, is specifically exempted from lobbying regulations in South Carolina’s ethics laws.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
04-27-2012 |
Politics
Citizen Raineynew
A longtime Republican powerbroker, and fundraiser for Jon Huntsman, talks about why he believes S.C.'s GOP governor, Nikki Haley is "corrupt to the core of her being."
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-16-2011 |
Politics
Free Times Releases Phone Conversation With S.C. Lt. Governornew
S.C. GOP Lt. Gov. Ken Ard told the AP that comments published in the Free Times attributed to him weren't accurate.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
02-08-2011 |
Politics
Tags: South Carolina, Ken Ard
Company Sells Engraved “You Lie” Component For AR-15 Riflenew
A South Carolina gun and accessories company is selling semi-automatic rifle components inscribed with “You lie” – a tribute to the infamous words of 2nd District Republican Congressman Joe Wilson when he shouted at President Barack Obama during a congressional speech about national health care reform in the fall of 2009.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
01-12-2011 |
Politics
The Last Dinosaur: S.C. Democratic Party Faces Extinctionnew
As the last statewide Democrat, Jim Rex, leaves office, South Carolina faces a Republican Ice Age.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
12-10-2010 |
Politics
Alvin Greene at Court: I'm running for President, I'll Sue Free Timesnew
Former U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene's courtroom drama includes threats against Columbia, S.C. alt-weekly Free Times.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-22-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Alvin Greene
Alvin Greene 'Seriously Considering' Presidential Run in 2012new
The mysterious unemployed former South Carolina Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene is deciding which party platform he'll embrace for a possible 2012 White House Bid.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-11-2010 |
Politics
Meh. Liberals Rally on Brink of Historic Defeat, But Does It Mean Anything?new
What does it mean that on the weekend before a momentous GOP thrashing of Democrats nationwide, nearly a quarter of a million primarily young, mostly left-of-center revelers from all over the country descended on the nation’s capitol, snarled the D.C. metro system and flooded the National Mall?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-03-2010 |
Politics
Voting Machines: Gambling With Democracynew
Unreliable, buggy, prone to malfunction and open to potential tampering -- the rage against the machines has become impossible to ignore.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
10-06-2010 |
Politics
In S.C., Tea Party Candidate Backs Increased Tea Taxnew
South Carolina's tea party-backed candidate for governor, Nikki Haley, says she would re-instate the grocery tax as part of comprehensive tax reform. Doing so would literally increase the tax on tea. Tea partiers react to the proposal.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
09-08-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party, Nikki Haley
D-Day for Democrats?new
Health care reform debate sets backdrop of key South Carolina Congressional races.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
09-01-2010 |
Politics
