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Cindi Scoppe

Scoppe: Powerful, underused law takes center stage in ESC battle

IT WAS EASY to overlook the fig leaf that Gov. Mark Sanford draped over his administration when he relented at the last minute and signed a federal loan request to keep unemployment insurance from running dry for laid-off workers.

Scoppe: A parable about principle and power

Scoppe: There’s no obvious way out of budget crisis

Scoppe: Federal bailout could put Sanford’s ideology to the test

Scoppe: When piecemeal tax policy (inevitably) goes awry

Scoppe: Proposals at heart of House brouhaha neither all good nor all bad

Scoppe: Nikki vs. the speaker

Scoppe: Quick: Why is the ER so crowded? The answer might surprise you

Scoppe: How much would you give up to vote? And should you have to?

Underfunding colleges and overstating state spending

I really wouldn’t be such a nag if your life didn’t depend on it

Lessons, and danger signs, from the budget-cutting session

Undecided, and awaiting an epiphany

Budget fix isn’t perfect, but it’s refreshingly responsible

There’s an obvious place to cut $3.5 million from budget

Forget what I’ve said for a decade: This time, apply the Band-Aid

Judiciary isn’t only branch of government that polices itself

When is failure not failure? When the task isn’t humanly possible

Judicial discipline system quite typical of S.C.

Shooting ourselves in the foot, once again

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