Jack O'Toole

Recently, city of Charleston. Currently, Statehouse Report and Charleston City Paper. (Photo: Leonel Heisenberg/Unsplash)

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

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[Charleston City Paper @ChasCityPaper]

BREAKING NEWS | Former six-term S.C.  Republican Congressman Bob Inglis is adding his name to the growing list of Reagan- and Bush-era conservatives who say they plan to vote in November for Democratic presidential candidate and current Vice President… https://t.co/GidRRO3Atx

[Charleston City Paper @ChasCityPaper]

By Jack O’Toole, Capitol bureau  |  A new pilot program from the S.C. Department of Education (SCDE) is sending nearly 3,000 South Carolina students to private schools at taxpayer expense this fall as two critical questions remain unanswered: Is it… https://t.co/0Y3rzVSUg9

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

FLASHBACK: "When S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson sued the Biden administration for what his office said was at least the 50th time last week..." https://t.co/C20v29ndSJ

[SC Daily Gazette || bsky @scdailygazette.com @SCDailyGazette]

SC attorney general says Democratic platform may have broken rules. Democrats dismiss claims as nonsense. https://t.co/k3Cdt9rJ7G via @SCDailyGazette from @abe_kenmore

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

SC SPORTS BETTING: “The success in terms of the tax revenue...in North Carolina will be enticing,” one expert told City Paper. “I would imagine...there’s a good chance it would be legalized in the next couple years.” https://t.co/EQWPVIlXKc

[Charleston City Paper @ChasCityPaper]

When S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson sued the Biden administration for what his office said was at least the 50th time last week — in this case, over health care for children brought to the United States illegally — some Palmetto State political… https://t.co/bG7dTxvS8e

[Charleston City Paper @ChasCityPaper]

Critics of South Carolina’s charter school law say two bombshell lawsuits in rural Anderson County shine a light on the law’s principal deficiency — a charter school oversight system that lacks meaningful accountability for student outcomes. https://t.co/6BgpSy7GSA

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

“Legislating by proviso is cowardly behavior," says ACLU of SC spokesman Paul Bowers. https://t.co/nCn6VQiP7p

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

“The language in this regulation is so vague, it could be used against almost any book,” one children's book author said. https://t.co/1Ig9zWGue8

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

"Any number of “c” words spring to mind when one thinks of the so-called S.C. House Freedom Caucus: combative, corrosive, childish, churlish, chuckleheaded and crazypants, just to name just a few. One that doesn’t, or at least shouldn't? Conservative." https://t.co/PNzV053kVP

[Tom Davis @SenTomDavisSC]

Honest debate by elected officials on public policy is the hallmark of a healthy constitutional republic. Calling out charlatans who mislead the public is also important. Here’s a piece by me via @fitsnews exposing the @SCFreedomCaucus doing exactly that. https://t.co/wNJ8mBLObc

[Charleston City Paper @ChasCityPaper]

S.C.’s environmental movement is a 35-year overnight success story With the 2024 regular legislative session now in the books, environmental advocates and legislators from both parties agree that South Carolina is emerging as one of America’s greenest… https://t.co/Mu1mq7cLRE

[Charleston City Paper @ChasCityPaper]

Voters may have something new to decide on this year's ballot -- not who their treasurer should be, but whether they should keep voting for one at all. An explosive new interim report on Tuesday from a S.C. Senate Finance subcommittee concluded State… https://t.co/7U55L0Bdds

[Charleston City Paper @ChasCityPaper]

The Charleston area’s largest water provider is pushing back – hard – against a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule to reduce so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water due to health risks. https://t.co/etoZXHw7VN

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

"Yes, deep divisions exist on some topics. But on almost every topic of monthly outrage, it's a fringe view — or example — amplified by the loudest voices on social media and politicians driving it."

[Jim VandeHei @JimVandeHei]

🚨🚨 There’s compelling evidence we've been trapped in a reality distortion bubble — social media, cable TV and tribal political wars — long enough to warp our view of the reality around us. https://t.co/Sn2E8AisoU

[Holy City Sinner @HolyCitySinner]

Legislature demands reform after accounting scandals https://t.co/5Y2ulRip3L

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

"The primary sponsor of a bill to reform predatory lending practices in South Carolina says recent reports of its death are at least somewhat exaggerated." https://t.co/UrGaAk9cki

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

BRACK: "If the Supreme Court can make emergency rulings for prisoners on death row, why can’t it set up a process to be quicker on issues related to a dying democratic process?" https://t.co/P4maaCql5J

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

U.S. District Court: “[W]ith the primary election procedures rapidly approaching, the appeal before the Supreme Court still pending, and no remedial plan in place, the ideal must bend to the practical.” https://t.co/xqRKzcmCSH

[Jack O'Toole @jpotoole]

CITY PAPER: In an era of news deserts, Charleston is an outlier -- a news oasis. https://t.co/W3u9OJajWU