State integrity news for South Carolina, from The Post and Courier:

State government watchdogs and the state’s leading media attorney harbor serious concerns about a new records retention policy announced by Gov. Nikki Haley’s administration last month, saying the new agreement gives the governor’s office too much discretion to delete certain email exchanges and could easily lead to abuse.

“Too much of our state is the fox guarding the henhouse when it comes to accountability, and this is no different,” said Ashley Landess, president of the libertarian-leaning S.C. Policy Council.

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