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Free Market decides former Jim DeMint staffer should not be a millionaireWhen former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint jumped ship as a lawmaker to join the Heritage…View Post

Free Market decides former Jim DeMint staffer should not be a millionaire

When former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint jumped ship as a lawmaker to join the Heritage…

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On Record: SC maps show misdirection in the Medicaid expansion debateOn Record is a regular feature which lets South Carolina’s policy-makers speak their mind about the…View Post

On Record: SC maps show misdirection in the Medicaid expansion debate

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Lou Holtz is plum fed up with dang ol’ Obama; John Boehner cheers him upProving once again that politics and sports make very strange bedfellows, Speaker of the House John…View Postshared via WordPress.com

Lou Holtz is plum fed up with dang ol’ Obama; John Boehner cheers him up

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The 5 most interesting parts of Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin’s State of the City AddressBy Hardy Childers
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin offered a bold (if somewhat self-congratulatory)…View Postshared via WordPress.com

The 5 most interesting parts of Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin’s State of the City Address

By Hardy Childers

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin offered a bold (if somewhat self-congratulatory)…

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Stephen Colbert’s sister jumps into the SC-1 race for CongressAs if the prospect of Mark Sanford’s return to politics wasn’t exciting enough, the race for South…View Postshared via WordPress.com

Stephen Colbert’s sister jumps into the SC-1 race for Congress

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SC sheriff wants to nullify gun laws, compares gun control advocates to NazisCharleston County Sheriff Al Cannon announced on Thursday that he will not enforce any new gun…View Postshared via WordPress.com

SC sheriff wants to nullify gun laws, compares gun control advocates to Nazis

Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon announced on Thursday that he will not enforce any new gun…

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This Week in Cats: SC ranks 42nd in the country for cat ownershipOh great, it looks like South Carolina is at the bottom of yet another national list.
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This Week in Cats: SC ranks 42nd in the country for cat ownership

Oh great, it looks like South Carolina is at the bottom of yet another national list.

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FACT CHECK: The top 5 fibs from Gov. Haley’s 2013 State of the StateThere was quite a lot to fact-check in Gov. Nikki Haley’s second State of the State address…View Postshared via WordPress.com

FACT CHECK: The top 5 fibs from Gov. Haley’s 2013 State of the State

There was quite a lot to fact-check in Gov. Nikki Haley’s second State of the State address…

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