One of the most self-serving, fiscally-liberal, morally-bankrupt politicians ever to take the floor of the South Carolina Senate (and trust us ... that's saying something) wants to come back after a four-year hiatus. John Hawkins (RINO-Spartanburg) - a left-leaning personal injury lawyer who retired
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Out-of state pollsters are inquiring as to the popularity of S.C. Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman (RINO-Florence), multiple sources have confirmed to FITS. In addition to inquiring about Leatherman's job approval ratings, the pollsters are attempting to gauge Leatherman's chances against several
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"Republican" State Senators warned S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley not to nominate controversial cabinet member Catherine Templeton as the next commissioner of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) ... but Haley did it anyway. Well, technically Haley's appointees to the SCDHEC board
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DAVIS, MASSEY AND SHEHEEN'S EFFORTS PAY OFF FOR S.C. TAXPAYERS Last year, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley struck a backroom deal with powerful Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman (RINO-Florence) that would have grown South Carolina's administrative bureaucracy while further splintering real accountability
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While S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and the "Republican-controlled" General Assembly in South Carolina continue to grow government at recklessly exorbitant levels, the ability of Palmetto State taxpayers to pick up this soaring tab continues to shrink. According to data published by the U.S. Census, South
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Allen Gillespie - chairman of the S.C. Retirement System Investment Commission (SCRSIC) - has publicly acknowledged that he is the one who first recommended a controversial $80,000 payoff to "former" retirement czar Robert L. Borden. News of the payoff - approved last week by commission members appointed
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley appears to have dramatically understated the value of private flights provided to her by campaign donors, political appointees and companies with business before the state. The revelation - buried deep within a new report on Haley's travel published by The (Charleston, S.C.)
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Why does this website adopt a holier-than-thou tone every time one of our state's taxpayer-funded colleges and universities decides to blow money on non-essential expenses? (Click here, here and here to see a few examples of what we're referring to ...) Because we're all paying for it as taxpayers
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For those of you new to FITS, we got our first big break in 2007 when we exposed a secret legislative slush fund that was being used by "Republican" leaders in the S.C. General Assembly to effectively bribe their colleagues. Under the auspices of local "economic development" grants, legislative leaders
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In addition to mandating that all state employees in South Carolina lie through their teeth every time they answer the telephone (following her lead), S.C. Gov. Nikki "Nimrata" Haley announced earlier this week that she will be monitoring their computer activity, too. Haley made the announcement at
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For years, this website has railed against politicians who propose "revenue neutral" tax swaps. What our country and our job-starved state desperately need are tax cuts, not tax swaps - as well as hard caps on the growth of our unwieldy, unsustainable federal and state governments. But what's worse
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A legislative scorecard released by one of South Carolina's most credible Tea Party organizations offers fresh proof that the Palmetto State's "Republican-controlled" Senate is really in the hands of free-spending Democrats. You know ... as if the passage of the two largest budgets in state history (here
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