S.C. Rep. Nathan Ballentine (R-Irmo) has sponsored legislation that would require the University of South Carolina and Clemson University to continue their football rivalry indefinitely. Actually Ballentine sponsored the bill two months ago, but nobody noticed it until this week ... "The Division
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If you've never seen the Chapin, S.C. Labor Day parade, prepare yourself for a treat. There's motorcycles, music, costumes, floats, bands, candy and ... (of course) ... politicians. Among the parade's political participants? U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, S.C. Rep. Nathan Ballentine
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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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There's additional evidence that former Massachusetts governor (and flip-flopper extraordinaire) Mitt Romney may be bailing on the state of South Carolina as he contemplates his 2012 presidential aspirations. A few weeks ago it was Romney himself sending signals about skipping the Palmetto state ...
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What's good for the gander is apparently not good for the goose ... at least that's the opinion of S.C. Rep. Nathan Ballentine (R-Irmo), arguably the strongest legislative ally of Gov. Nikki Haley. Ballentine took to the internet on Friday to blast a bill that would give lawmakers the opportunity
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A hearing on a key piece of government transparency legislation was abruptly canceled by the S.C. Senate on Wednesday, leaving supporters of the legislation fearful that the bill will once again die on the vine. "This reminds me of 2009, when the House Ways and Means Committee had the roll call bill
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The S.C. House of Representatives has once again approved a government transparency bill that unanimously passed its chamber a year ago - but then stalled in the State Senate. The legislation - sponsored by S.C. Rep. Nathan Ballentine (R-Lexington) - is identical to the bill that passed the S.C. House
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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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House Speaker Bobby Harrell (RINO-Charleston) - a longtime opponent of government transparency - has reportedly paid for an anonymous batch of recorded phone calls supporting it. Wait ... what? Believe it or not, you read that right. Harrell's alleged political "robo-call" is raising eyebrows
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 || Republicans technically "run" the S.C. General Assembly, but it's become painfully obvious over the last decade that you can count the true fiscal conservatives at the S.C. State House on one hand. Well ... almost. There are actually about ten of them in the S.C. House of Representatives
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
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