Attorney Generals Attempt to Stop Pee Dee from Obtaining Coal-Fired Plant

Santee Cooper is trying to build a new coal-fired plant in lower Florence County. The state owned utility believes that the plant. is needed in the area to reduce a power shortage.
Several Attorney Generals from around the country and weighing in on the proposed plant. Most of the objections center around the affect the plant [...]

Upstate Legislator Looking at Lowering Drinking Age

Representative Fletcher Smith is looking at introducing legislation that would lower the drinking age for service members from 21 to 18. According to The State newspaper Rep. Smith believes that if you are old enough to fight, then you should be old enough to drink. The State newspaper is also running an online poll asking [...]

Dorchester County Sheriff Plans to Retire

The Post and Courier is reporting that Dorchester County Sheriff Ray Nash does not plan to seek re-election this year. Nash cites one of the reasons for not seeking re-election is the financial audit of his office. The audit of the Sheriff’s office is being conducted due to questionable spending practices.
It will be interesting to [...]

South Carolina Digital Billboards to Display Election Results Tomorrow

According to a source, scvotes.org, the State Election Commission’s website, will be displaying election results from tomorrow’s Republican Presidential Preference Primary on several digital billboards across the state. This will be just another way that the State Election Commission has continued to operate in an open and transparent manner.
This source also tells me that the [...]