South Carolina Statehouse Blog

Yesterday morning, I made my first excursion to the South Carolina state house to interview Republican Representative Nathan Ballentine of Lexington County. Ballentine’s name is on the list of representatives in the House Ways and Means committee supporting the recent “Appropriations Bill Earmark Disclosure Act.”
This Earmark Disclosure Act, officially referred to as House Bill 4356, […]

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Recently, I sat down with Representative Nikki Haley to talk about a “green bill,” House Bill 4892. This bill is an attempt to turn South Carolina more green, in that it effectively supports the building and buying of homes that are environmentally friendly. Specifically, this bill states that;

Homeowners associations and/or local municipalities may […]

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This week, the debate about whether or not the list of concealed-weapon permit holders should be accessible through the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) is taking place in the South Carolina Statehouse. A bill, House Bill 3528, would amend the current law in a couple of ways that would restrict the access to the list. […]

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