This plan won't solve DOT woes
      Legislators have been talking tough since an audit found the state Transportation Department squandered tens of millions of dollars on cushy contractors, engaged in high-level favoritism and deliberately misled the Legislature. The agency won't receive another penny, they say, until it's overhauled.
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Hopes McConnell didn't mean it
      We hope South Carolina Senate chief Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston, didn't mean it when he said he would not ask the Senate to reconsider Gov. Mark Sanford's proposals to make state agencies more accountable to voters.
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Bill takes aim at payday lenders
      While South Carolina lawmakers may be reluctant to ban payday lending outright, they at least need to place reasonable caps on interests rates and fees charged by lenders. A bill introduced recently by state Rep. Alan Clemmons, R-Myrtle Beach, would do just that. His bill would limit annual interest rates to 36 percent and fees to $5 for every $100 borrowed.
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