BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR'S ADMINISTRATION IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING ONE OF HIS BUSINESSES For several weeks S.C. Rep. Phillip Lowe has been one of Gov. Nikki Haley's staunchest defenders on the S.C. House Ethics Committee - the panel "investigating" whether the governor illegally lobbied on behalf of
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Welcome to "the wire," our pseudo-daily effort to engage the growing number of tips, comments and questions we receive here at FITS News. While we continue perfecting this new format, please keep your tips, comments and questions coming! Also be sure and check back during the day as we occasionally
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A Candlewood Suites hotel in North Charleston, S.C. has been placed into receivership and will be sold at auction next month. Why is this newsworthy? The hotel is one of five operated by Premier Hospitality Group - a hotel development and management firm founded by S.C. Parks Recreation and Tourism
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AFL-CIO LEADER TAKES A BASEBALL BAT TO GUBERNATORIAL PIÑATA Former AFL-CIO of South Carolina president Donna DeWitt attacked a piñata effigy of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley over the weekend ... an incident that made its way to YouTube and prompted a furious effort by Big Labor to try and remove the video
Read story »Company to set up 300-seat delivery center to service U.S. clients COLUMBIA, S.C. – May 22, 2012 – WNS (Holdings) Limited (WNS) (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced plans to establish new operations in Richland County with a delivery
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is welcoming an Indian company that handles customer service, financial management and other "business outsourcing" tasks to Columbia, S.C. - although the governor is once again catching heat for overstating the "good news." Via press release early Tuesday morning, Haley's Commerce
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GOVERNOR DIGS INTO ETHICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH SPEAKER'S PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS An integral component of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's defense against the serious ethics charges filed against her has been to assemble incriminating information on leaders of the "Republican-controlled" S.C. General
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CHANGES TO FOOD STAMP PROGRAM RAISING COSTLY QUESTIONS S.C. Department of Social Services (SCDSS) director Lillian Koller left a royal mess at the Hawai’i Department of Human Services - the agency she ran from 2003 until 2011 (when Gov. Nikki Haley hired her to fill the same position in the Palmetto
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is likely to refrain from issuing voluntary evacuations in the event a hurricane is threatening South Carolina's coastline, sources close to the state's Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) tell FITS. The Palmetto State is in the midst of preparing for hurricane season -which
Read story »Where in the world is Representative Joan Brady? Columbia. SC - Beth Bernstein, candidate for House District 78, called on Rep. Joan Brady to explain why she missed Friday's all-important House Ethics Committee meeting that reopened portions of the ethics investigation into Governor Nikki Haley. Representative
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BRADY SAYS SHE CONCURS WITH DECISION TO REOPEN HALEY CASE S.C. Rep. Joan Brady (RINO-Richland) says she supports her colleagues' decision to reopen an ethics investigation into Gov. Nikki Haley - despite the fact that the fourth-term lawmaker was AWOL for the hearing that reopened the case. In
Read story »Columbia, S.C. – Governor Nikki Haley and The Original Six Foundation announced today Marion County Day scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. This will be the second community day The Original Six Foundation has organized as a part of a major statewide initiative
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