"She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis ..." Err, sorry ... that's clearly not a reference to the subject of this post, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley. She's obviously a bad girl ... which is why she's "Free Fallin," and not in a good way. In the four days since a Winthrop University poll showed Haley's approval
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We haven't paid much attention to The Greenville News since it went to a subscription-based format for web content last summer ... and judging by the paper's steadily-declining internet traffic, neither have you. Anyway, thank the Gannett Gods for the paper's print subscriptions, right? Although we
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Each year, FITS publishes a complete, district-by-district accounting of the hundreds of millions of dollars that our so-called "cash-strapped" public schools are hoarding away in reserve accounts. In fact, up to this point we've been the only media outlet in the state providing taxpayers with this
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(Editor’s Note: This is a letter to the editor from a FITS reader. It does not necessarily reflect the editorial position of FITSNews.com. To submit your letter for consideration – anonymously or otherwise – click here). Dear Editor, I read with interest Tim Smith's report about Gov.-elect
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Just in time for the 2010 football season, The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper - a.k.a. La Socialista - has decided to start charging non-subscribers for access to its University of South Carolina-related sports content. In unveiling its new GoGamecocks.com website on Thursday, The State also unveiled
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We've blown the lid on numerous taxpayer-funded vacations ... err, "conferences" in South Carolina over the last few years, but we've never been able to determine with any specificity just how much money all of those swanky, bureaucratic getaways were costing Palmetto state taxpayers. Well, according
Read story »By FITSNews || Last week the Gannett-owned Greenville News announced that it would begin charging for online content, becoming the first (and likely the last) legacy media outlet in South Carolina to do so. Yeah ... all we can say is "good luck with all that." Anyway, before the News starts "charging
Read story »By FITSNews || Believe it or not, nearly a year has passed since FITS underwent its most recent "face lift." In the new media business, that's an eternity - even longer when you consider the fact that our founding editor suffers from multiple personalities, attention deficit disorder and chronic "look-at-me"
Read story »By FITSNews || In a nod to new dynamics in the rapidly-evolving "marketplace of ideas," The Greenville News announced Friday that it would begin charging for its online content. "Beginning July 1, we will introduce a new model for our subscribers to access and pay for our valuable content," the Gannett-owned
Read story »By FITSNews || (Former?) S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford is dating again - one month after she was granted a divorce from her cheating husband, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford. FITS spoke with several sources who saw the First Lady at the Masters' golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia last weekend, although only
Read story »By FITSNews || For the record, we always knew that "compassionate conservatism" was nothing more than an excuse for "Republicans" to engage in the same big government boondoggling and excess entitlement spending as their Democratic counterparts ... and not surprisingly, the administration of George
Read story »Clemson head football coach William C. "Dabo" Swinney has suspended four reserve players for Clemson's appearance in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl against Kentucky Sunday night, the Greenville (S.C.) News is reporting. The four players - defensive tackles Jamie Cumbie and Rennie Moore, tight
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