... WITH YOUR MONEY S.C. Sen. Joel Lourie wants to create a government commission aimed at eradicating hunger in South Carolina ... even though multiple state agencies already spend millions of dollars each year addressing the issue. Sounds like somebody's getting an early start on their 2012
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ... The website BuzzFeed scored a nice South Carolina political scoop this week when it obtained exclusive video footage of S.C. Sen. Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) calling then-State Rep. Nikki Haley a "raghead." This incident - and the intense backlash it spawned - helped propel
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IS ANOTHER "COASTAL KICKBACK" BREWING? The "Myrtle Beach Mafia" is looking to extend a controversial "tourism tax" indefinitely - and is asking the S.C. General Assembly to exempt the city of Myrtle Beach from a state law that would phase out this infamous local levy. Let's hope our "Republican-controlled"
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DON'T WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THESE GUYS IN STATE GOVERNMENT ALREADY? It's hard to turn around at the S.C. State House without bumping into a lawyer-legislator ... Seriously, they're everywhere ... and while it would be nice to think that these elected attorneys would be able to pass laws that are in
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SENATOR URGES LEGISLATORS TO "ALLOW PARENTS ACCESS TO OPTIONS" By Jim DeMint || Recently, it was an honor to welcome former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to South Carolina for the Empower Education Reform Summit (click HERE to see video of Gov. Bush's talk). The event was an uplifting opportunity
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BIPARTISAN PUSH COULD LEAD TO FIRST REAL PROBE INTO ETHICS ALLEGATIONS Republicans and Democrats in the S.C. House of Representatives are on the verge of reopening an ethics investigation into S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, multiple sources at the S.C. State House have confirmed to FITS. In fact a resolution
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NIKKI HALEY CAN EXHALE ... The hottest rumor in South Carolina politics at the moment is that U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint - a fiscal conservative champion as well as the most popular politician in the Palmetto State - will run against S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley in 2014. Is the rumor true? No ... not even
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Sensing a disturbance in the force, South Carolina's own "Emperor Palpatine" consorted with the unwashed masses this week in an effort to keep one of his puppet rulers in place. S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell - one of the two most influential (and fiscally liberal) politicians in state government
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The S.C. Republican Party has decided against removing a State Senator from its 2012 primary ballot despite the fact that he appears to have violated the State Constitution by challenging a former party official to a duel. As we reported exclusively earlier this week, S.C. Sen. Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington)
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NO, NOT THAT ... AT LEAST NOT THAT WE KNOW OF ... John Hawkins - a left-leaning accused rapist who spent a dozen years padding his pockets in the S.C. General Assembly - seems to enjoying his ongoing (and MSM-supported) reinvention as a "new conservative" in a State Senate race in Spartanburg County,
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... ESPECIALLY IF PARTY BOY ANDRE BAUER GETS THE GOP NOD Let's assume that former S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer manages to hang on and capture the Republican nomination for the Palmetto State's new seventh congressional district seat. Perish the thought ... we know. But assuming he wins the GOP nod, Bauer
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ROTUND RINO COULD BE TOSSED FROM BALLOT, REMOVED FROM OFFICE Just when it seemed S.C. Sen. Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) had successfully schemed his way into another four-year term as State Senator, along comes a lawsuit that could derail his large-sized ambitions. According to multiple sources
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