COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — At a time and day — 8:30 a.m. on a Saturday — when most Americans are sleeping in, the Kemp Forum on Expanding Opportunity convened in the capacious Columbia, South Carolina, convention center. Even at 8:15, it was tough to find a seat.
South Carolina's important primary is Feb. 20, and doubtless some of the more than 1,500 attendees were attracted by the opportunity to hear from six of the Republican candidates for president. (It would have been seven, but Carly Fiorina missed her flight.) Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Marco Rubio and Mike Huckabee offered their views on how to fight poverty and expand opportunity. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump declined to attend.
BOSTON – State Sen. Brian Joyce on Tuesday fired back at a new report that challenges his ethics while brushing off calls for punitive sanctions against him.
Joyce, a lawyer, denied allegations in a Boston Globe report Tuesday that painted an all-too cozy relationship he had with a local drycleaner. It said the Milton Democrat, his family and an aide never had to pay for cleaning over at least 18 years at a Randolph drycleaner.
