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P&C publishes then pulls report on I-526 political marketing (Update: Back, partly)
By Ken Hawkins on Friday, 8 February 2013 - 5:26amUpdate February 8: A longer version of the article has reappeared, offering much the same point about the possibly mis-identified "election expense", and the report backs off a connection between the money and S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell... More
'Sweepstakes' gaming still with South Carolina (Updated)
By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 28 January 2013 - 10:39amUpdates twice at the bottom.Almost a year ago, the State Law Enforcement Division promised a crackdown on a resurgence of video gambling in South Carolina. Today there are an estimated 1,000 of the machines operating in locations that aren... More
Following a dispute over POW/MIA flag, Chucktown Tavern readies a move
By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 12 January 2013 - 3:30amNearly nine months after a dispute over the raising of the POW/MIA flags at a Market Street location, Chucktown Tavern appears ready to part ways with its landlord, The Beach Company, citing a hike in rent and the flag situation having put... More
Goose Creek council to vote on smoking ban (Update: Banned)
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 9 January 2013 - 7:54amUpdate: Goose Creek Town Council voted in the ban on Tuesday night — it goes into effect July 1.The vote was split 4 to 3.First reporting: Today, January 8, Goose Creek Town Council is expected to vote on a second and final reading of a... More
Dispute, phone call, and a fatality land a $1.75 million verdict
By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 22 December 2012 - 8:37amA dispute between a West Ashley renter and a property management company escalated into a phone call with a threat to evict, one that exasperated a 62-year-old grandmother who died just hours after the call.Now the fallout of that situation has... More
New cruise terminal receives Board of Architectural Review, DHEC approval
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 - 12:00pmFirst reporting: The much-debated proposed $35 million cruise terminal moved a step closer to reality on Wednesday as the City of Charleston's Board of Architectural Review approved the plans that call for redevelopment of a Union Pier... More
SC DOT hands I-526 decision back to Charleston County (Updated)
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 4 October 2012 - 4:51am(Updates at the bottom.)"Charleston County Council has to make a decision."That's what Eddie Adams, chairman of the DOT commission, said during Wednesday's meeting when the state Department of Transportation passed final say on whether or not... More
Profiling the rekindled North Charleston smoking ban debate
By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 16 September 2012 - 8:17amUpdate: The smoking ban was rejected.With Charleston County voting to ban smoking in the unincorporated areas of the county, it looks likely that the debate will heat up around a rekindled North Charleston smoking ban.In 2008 the then council ... More
Summerville skate park plans take criticism
By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 15 September 2012 - 9:56amSome Summerville locals are upset at the prospect of a new skate park off of Berlin G. Myers Parkway.Town Council recently voted to support the project, but detractors wage a mix of complaints from saying that the field is already used for... More
Survey results add fire over facts to I-526 debate
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 11 September 2012 - 4:59amAs the debate over extending I-526 through John and James island continues, a new facet is entering the debate: a public opinion poll.Weighing counter to the hundreds of impassioned opponents to the road that turned up at public meetings, a survey... More
