He's laid out pretty much where he's coming from in the coming (legislative) session. What he says really shouldn't be too much of a surprise.

So, yes, in that sense, things look pretty good for Franklin.

I couldn't believe it. We jog down here every day and it smells pretty bad.

When Dan Cooper puts together a budget that shatters state spending records, I can understand why he's sensitive about someone looking over his shoulder. But Gov. Sanford's job is to look out for the hard-working taxpayers of this state, and that's always going to be his top priority.

We will be making an announcement tomorrow regarding the Department of Commerce, but I can't comment specifically about the announcement in advance of it.

The governor has consistently said, in any kind of port expansion, he'd like to see some kind of public-private partnership, but he'll defer the nature of that partnership to the State Ports Authority.