Home sales in South Carolina continued to plummet in May, according to figures released earlier this week by the SC Realtors. All but two markets saw a decline in sales, while statewide sales dropped by 17 percent compared to a year ago. These numbers come on the heels of depressing national data
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It's been just half a week, but the fallout from S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's decision to convene an "emergency" session of the S.C. General Assembly continues to cascade across the Palmetto political landscape. As promised, S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell filed a lawsuit against the governor at
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Remember former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's eight years in office? When the executive and legislative branches in the Palmetto state were incessantly at each others throats and absolutely nothing got accomplished (well ... except rampant government growth)? Here we go again ... only this time lawmakers
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A powerful (and fiscally liberal) member of the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees is hoping to be named the next dean of USC's law school, sources tell FITS. In fact, William C. Hubbard (pictured, with plaque) wants the job so bad that he is reportedly pressuring his fellow board members
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In case you haven't noticed, this website has been among the most vocal critics of the S.C. Supreme Court - which has reached new depths of corruption, incompetence and inefficiency under Chief Justice Jean H. Toal. Whether it was breaking the S.C. bar exam scam, exposing the Court’s corrupt attorney
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For those of you new to FITS, one of our first big scoops came in November of 2007 when we exposed the S.C. Supreme Court's decision to throw out an entire section of the state's bar exam. Why was this news? Well, the decision not only enabled the daughter of the House Judiciary Chairman and the
Read story »The S.C. Judicial Department - supposedly strapped for cash - has hired two additional taxpayer-funded lobbyists to represent its interests at the S.C. State House. According to the latest lobbyist disclosure forms published by the S.C. State Ethics Commission, the Court has hired former Columbia,
Read story »By FITSNews || Two S.C. Circuit Court judges have been privately reprimanded by S.C. Chief Justice Jean Toal for sending and receiving sexually-explicit text and media messages, sources tell FITS. Amazingly, one of the judges is alleged to have viewed the naughty notes while on the bench, in the middle
Read story »By FITSNews || The S.C. Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed a complaint by a Lowcountry family court judge who was deemed unfit to serve by a legislative screening committee - a decision that has prompted fresh debate over the excessive politicization of the judicial appointment process in South
Read story »By FITSNews || Unethical behavior by Columbia S.C. mayoral candidate Steve Morrison led to a Supreme Court ruling a decade ago that has shaped how attorneys in South Carolina must handle pretrial discovery and witness depositions ever since. That's probably not the sort of distinction that this decorated
Read story »By FITSNews || Longtime FITS readers know that our founding editor has carved out a special place in S.C. Chief Justice Jean Toal's heart ... err, hatred ... for the methodical way he has made South Carolina's high court his proverbial "bitch" over the last few years. And obviously, we use "bitch"
Read story »The S.C. Supreme Court will decide whether or not Gov. Mark Sanford can keep the State Ethics Commission (whose members he appoints) from releasing a preliminary finding of fact to state lawmakers, and by extension, the public. In a ruling issued Thursday, Chief Justice Jean Toal instructed the Ethics
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