Tag: South Carolina

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1995 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., takes his seat prior to a hearing of the committee's Balanced Budget subcommittee on Capitol Hill. South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Matt Moore goal in next yearÃ?s elections is to flip almost all many state offices and councils to majority Republican control, completing a transformation that started nearly 50 years ago when Strom Thurmond went on statewide television and announced he was switching from a Democrat to a Republican. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

Republicans want to finish takeover of South Carolina

Associated Press · November 24, 2013 5:00 am

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, early next year, will recommend a spending plan to lawmakers, who will make the final decisions in the spring. (AP/Bruce Smith)

South Carolina has $440 million more for government next year

Associated Press · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Lillian Ardon, right, a certified application counselor with Harris Health System, helps Vanessa Danielle Cotton, left, with her Affordable Care Act marketplace application on Oct. 1 in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Beltway Confidential

Need help from an Obamacare ‘navigator’ in South Carolina? Good luck

Ashe Schow · November 16, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul warned Americans that the federal government is targeting doughnuts, the latest example of the oppressive nanny state in America.

Beltway Confidential

‘They’re coming after your doughnuts,’ warns Rand Paul

Charlie Spiering · November 12, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Ted Cruz, Rand Paul take campaigns to South Carolina

Paul Bedard · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Families already buffeted by difficult economic times will see their food stamps benefits drop Nov. 1 as money allocated by the 2009 federal stimulus plan runs out. The average family of four will see benefits drop by $36 a month. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Food stamp cuts to kick in for South Carolina, US

Associated Press · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

Many insured South Carolina residents must buy new health plan

Many insured South Carolina residents must buy new health plan

Associated Press · October 27, 2013 4:00 am

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley joins Ken Cuccinelli on campaign trail

Steve Doty · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

Only 2 People Attend ‘Obamacare and You!’ Event in South Carolina

Daniel Halper · October 11, 2013 3:04 pm

A South Carolina man took it up on himself to tend the lawn around the Lincoln Memorial during the government shutdown. (Photo: Alex Brandon/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Civil War over: South Carolinian cuts grass at Lincoln Memorial

Michael Barone · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

An Irish government campaign poster urges passing motorists and pedestrians to support the abolition of the country's Senate in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday.ÃÂ The measure to abolish the Seanad lost by just 42,500 votes out of more than 1.2 million cast (51.8 percent to 48.2 percent).ÃÂ While many Americans might wish they could abolish Congress, it is unlikely, unless voters take a page from the Declaration of Independence and "institute new government."ÃÂ (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)

Five Republican governors are showing how to solve real problems

Cal Thomas · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

FILE -In this March 7, 2013 file photo, South Carolina gubernatorial candidate, State Sen. Vincent Sheheen speaks at a news conference at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C. As Democrats try to curtail Republican dominance of the South, the partyÃ?s top recruits for 2014 elections are trying to sell themselves as problem solvers who are above the partisan gridlock of Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Southern Democrats campaign as ‘problem solvers’

Bill Barrow · September 7, 2013 4:00 am