2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (262+ words) When the expensively-printed brochure arrived in the mail asking for three votes in November to approve more sales taxes, we raised an eyebrow at the slick messaging. The other brow went up quickly thereafter when Charleston County unveiled a fancy…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (517+ words) Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman writes American society “has become strongly oligarchic, with enormous wealth and political influence in the hands of a handful of billionaires. The current concentration of wealth at the top is not only immensely greater than…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (80+ words) Charleston City Paper Help keep the City Paper free. Help support independent journalism by donating today. Come see the best live local music show of the year! Charleston’s best local musicians perform across multiple music genres including: Americana, Rock, Reggae,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1116+ words) South Carolina’s budget process isn’t broken, but it is under stress — and experts say those stresses are only expected to grow over the next decade and beyond. At present, they note, the pressures are primarily political as lawmakers struggle to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1804+ words) News analysis by Jack O’Toole | South Carolina’s budget process isn’t broken, but it is under stress — and experts say those stresses are only expected to grow over the next decade and beyond. At present, they note, the pressures are primarily…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1746+ words) By Jack O’Toole, Statehouse bureau | Imagine you’re counting tiny plastic pellets at the rate of one per second. One… Two… Three… Now, imagine keeping that up, without so much as a coffee break, for the next 316,881 years — or about as…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (806+ words) A significant portion of Charleston’s drinking water may be at risk from development based on new research released this week on the impact of a 2023 judicial interpretation of the federal Clean Water Act, environmental advocates say. The bulk of Charleston’s…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (664+ words) MORNING HEADLINES | The Charleston County Council voted Tuesday to approve the third and final reading of an ordinance to put a half-penny transportation sales tax on the November ballot. A similar referendum failed in 2024. If the new plan is approved…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (669+ words) MORNING HEADLINES | Filing for the special Republican primary for a U.S. Senate nominee to replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham opens at noon today for a week. Among those who have said they are running are his sister Darline, who was…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (532+ words) MORNING HEADLINES | Anyone who cast ballots in the S.C. Democratic Party primary in June can’t take part in the special Republican primary on Aug. 11 to replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on November’s ballot. That’s the ruling from the S....