May 29, 2015
Senate Inaction, Supreme Court Chief Justice & College Savings Plan The final week of the legislative session is upon us, and with most of the House’s […]
May 22, 2015
House Ways and Means Chairman Issues BEA Statement White will Introduce Supplemental Appropriations Bill (Columbia, SC) – S.C. House Ways and Means Chairman Brian White […]
May 22, 2015
Criminal Domestic Violence & Pro Life Update With two weeks remaining in the regular legislative session for 2015, my House colleagues and I reached an agreement […]
Getting Political with Jonah Steppe (NHS)
Meet Tommy
His father was a sheriff, his mother was a school teacher and Tommy Pope was destined to continue their careers in public service. After graduating from Rock Hill High School, Tommy pursued a degree in Business Management at the University of South Carolina. As a freshman, Tommy began working at the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) as a “phone boy” — literally, the boy who answered the phones. Throughout his undergraduate years, in addition to his phone boy duties, Tommy ran the blood hounds, cut down marijuana fields and apprehended criminals. By the time he graduated from Carolina in 1984, he had “blue lights in his blood" and soon became a full time agent at SLED.