South Carolina Statehouse Blog

Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Representative Nathan Ballentine about his opinions on what has happened during the 2009 General Assembly. Many topics were covered ranging from the stimulus money to the multiple furlough weeks taken this session. The following is based off of this interview.
First topic discussed was the passage of the cigarette […]

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Today, Governor Mark Sanford held a press conference to clarify his position on the federal stimulus money. Senator Tom Davis and Senator Greg Ryberg also made comments. The following is the press conference in its entirety:

Also, here is the Q&A session held immediately after the prepared remarks:

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This week, the South Carolina State Legislature is in the process crafting the fiscal year 2009-2010 state budget. Click on the links below to see the proposed budgets. Within the next couple of weeks, we will have articles up about the development of the budget and the final product. 
The Governor’s Executive Budget
House Appropriations Bill H.3560 

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Yesterday, I conducted a video interview with Representative Michael Pitts about H. 3509, a concurrent resolution that reaffirms South Carolina’s belief in states’ rights. In the interview, I asked the following five questions:

Could you please explain what H. 3509 declares? (0:13)
What prompted you to create this resolution? (0:40)
Do you see the federal government infringing on […]

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Across the nation, many states are looking into adopting constitutional amendments that would make it a constitutional right for secret ballot elections to be held in the work place. South Carolina is leading the country in this regard with H. 3305, a bill whose main sponsor and leading proponent is Representative Eric Bedingfield.
To start, H. […]

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