Nearly identical "robo-calls" made in a trio of S.C. State House races may be linked to similar unidentified, unsolicited phone calls made in the race for Speaker of the House. Law enforcement officials are investigating all of the calls ... none of which appear to be legal. One of the recorded
Read story »By FITSNews || With no accompanying reform and no corresponding tax relief, South Carolina's "Republican-controlled" General Assembly has voted to raise the state's cigarette tax by fifty cents per pack - overriding S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's veto of the legislation last week. It was a boneheaded move
Read story »By FITSNews || S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley wouldn't have been able to run for governor of South Carolina were it not for the issue of government transparency ... and similarly, government transparency wouldn't have advanced as far as it has through the S.C. General Assembly these last few years without Nikki
Read story »By FITSNews || One of the most fiscally liberal "Republicans" in the S.C. General Assembly will not seek reelection in 2010, sources tell FITS. S.C. Rep. Annette Young (RINO-Summerville) - a top lieutenant to S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell - has decided to retire rather than face a credible electoral
Read story »By FITSNews || S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell apologized to members of his bitterly-divided "Republican" Caucus on Wednesday - hours after he joined Democrats in approving language that would open the door for taxpayer-funded abortions in South Carolina in cases of rape, incest or danger to the life
Read story »By FITSNews || S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell's massive command economic bill - which we've dubbed "The Kremlinator" - was approved overwhelmingly by the S.C. House of Representatives last week, proving conclusively that if you attach a small tax cut to a massive government power grab, Republicans
Read story »By FITSNews || The father of South Carolina's failed "accountability" movement isn't ready to part with his favorite bureaucracy just yet ... Less than a month after a key legislative subcommittee voted unanimously to scrap funding for South Carolina's inefficient, ineffective Education Oversight
Read story »RINO Rep. Annette Young - one of the State House's most liberal "Republicrats" and a woman whose affinity for white label scotch is legendary in Palmetto political circles - has drawn a 2010 GOP primary opponent. Dorchester (S.C.) County Councilman Larry Hargett announced his intention to run for
Read story »Former S.C. Majority Leader Jimmy Merrill (RINO-Charleston) led a delegation of lawmakers who flew on the state plane to a "legislative conference" in Winston-Salem, N.C. last weekend, according to documents obtained by FITS. Joining Merrill on the state plane were S.C. Reps. Shannon Erickson (RINO-Beaufort),
Read story »The Speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives and Majority Leader of the State Senate have joined fiscal conservative reformers in supporting a key transparency initiative - the creation of an online checkbook that would track all taxpayer expenditures over $100. House Speaker Bobby Harrell and
Read story »Just in time for Christmas, House Speaker Bobby Harrell and his "Fluffer Revue" have spared no expense in bringing the State of South Carolina a musical treat we're sure it won't soon forget. Along with House Majority Leader Kenny Bingham and Reps. Jimmy Merrill, Annette Young and Bill Sandifer, Harrell's
Read story »Earlier this year, we spoke with newly-elected S.C. Rep. Tim Scott after news broke of a major academic testing scandal down in his neck of the woods in Charleston, S.C. He gave us some great quotes about these schools offering "false hope" to parents and students, and said he was interested in using
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