Stop the presses, people ... a national reporter has written a story about S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley that doesn't just reflexively regurgitate the "rising star" "Tea Party hero" "popular governor" myths. The report - written by veteran D.C. scribe John Fund and published in The National Review - actually
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The S.C. Policy Council raised an estimated $1.4 million in 2009 - the year leading up to its launch of a new media venture that has spectacularly flopped. The on-again, off-again supporters of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley spent $1.2 million that year - twice what they spent in 2008. That total included
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South Carolina Tea Party leaders are blasting S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley for her failure to take a principled stand against a controversial incentives deal for online retailer Amazon.com. In an email sent to his supporters late Wednesday, S.C. Campaign for Liberty leader Talbert Black ripped Haley for
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South Carolina pro-life supporters are livid after they were invited to - and then excluded from - a press conference regarding the Palmetto state's budget on Tuesday. According to multiple sources who participated in the organization of the State House press conference, S.C. Policy Council President
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A prominent "pro-transparency" think tank has been helping lead the fight against online retailer Amazon.com - but are they being paid to do so by one of the company's competitors? Sources close to former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's administration tell FITS that Walmart has previously routed money to
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While most South Carolinians have been understandably aghast at the gall of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's latest deception, buried within our ethically-challenged governor's scandal du jour is a potentially much larger problem. What is it? Surprise, surprise ... but it's yet another transparency headache
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We gave S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley a well-deserved "atta girl" earlier this week for her big government transparency bill signing, but the credit we dished out was nothing compared to the Kool Aid-induced love she received from her loyal NikkiBots. According to the NikkiBot bloggers over at Stuffed Suits,
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley will sign a landmark government transparency bill into law on Tuesday, notching her first major legislative victory roughly a week shy of her 100th day in office. The bill - sponsored by S.C. Rep. Nathan Ballentine - requires each chamber of the S.C. General Assembly to take
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Another week, yet another transparency problem for the increasingly opaque administration of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley. This time Haley's budget task force is drawing criticism for its efforts to keep the media - and the public - shut out of its deliberations concerning the state's estimated $700-$800
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Welcome to Thursday's edition of the "post," our daily assemblage of links worth looking at ... We've still got reports to come on S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's tax proposals and the 2011-12 S.C. House of Representatives agenda (both of which were released today), so stay tuned for those ... As usual,
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S.C. Gov.-elect Nikki Haley is once again sparring with the leader of the Palmetto state's largest fiscally conservative think tank - the latest insider drama to befall what can only be described as a turbulent transition to power for the so-called darling of the Tea Party movement. Sources tell FITS
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S.C. Gov.-elect Nikki Haley has assembled a group of Palmetto political leaders to assist her in dealing with the South Carolina budget - which by most accounts is currently facing a $1 billion shortfall. In case you missed Haley's announcement on Monday, her "Fiscal Crisis Task Force" includes former
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