By: Jack O’Toole

By Jack O’Toole Guest Commentary A controversial bill requiring local law enforcement agencies to assist in federal immigration enforcement passed the Republican-controlled S.C. House on April 1 in a party-line […]

By Jack O’Toole Guest Commentary A government program that more than 600,000 South Carolinians rely on for health insurance remains at the center of the federal shutdown that began Oct. […]

By Jack O’Toole Statehouse Report When South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature redrew the state’s 1st Congressional District map in 2022, few denied one goal was to make it easier for a […]

By Jack O’Toole State House Report A week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismembering the federal Department of Education, S.C. political leaders remain deeply divided […]

By Jack O’Toole State House Report South Carolina legislators prefile hundreds of bills every year ahead of the January session. Some are serious bills, filed by serious legislators with serious […]

By Jack O’Toole Two things happened simultaneously for South Carolina campaign professionals at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5. First, polls closed in the 2024 elections. And second, a relentless countdown […]

By Jack O’Toole Guest Column A new coalition of almost 200 medical, nonprofit and faith-based organizations is calling on the S.C. legislature to join 40 other states in expanding its […]

By Jack O’Toole A legislative study committee tasked with examining virtually every aspect of South Carolina’s faltering health care market will not move forward in 2024 after a sweep of […]