SC Labor Participation Rate Slips
South Carolina’s labor participation rate is once again hovering near record lows – sliding to 58.7 percent in June, according to data obtained by FITS...
2013
SC Tourism: Still Underperforming
by FITSNews
South Carolina’s tourism economy continues to underperform when compared to the rest of the nation – and is once again lagging well behind the “double-digit...
To Russia, With Irony
by FITSNews
We recently addressed the irony associated with Mother Russia’s receptiveness toward Edward Snowden – the heroic former contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA) who earlier this year exposed...
Shark Week!
by FITSNews
Get ready, people … “Shark Week” is here. The annual week-long series – which airs on the Discovery Channel – is the longest-running cable television...
PAC Targeting Graham
Dear Patriot, I’ve just gotten back from a tour of the state, doing events in five cities in three days, meeting incredible local activists whose...
Lindsey Graham Vows He’s “Like Reagan”
by FITSNews
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (RINO-S.C.) says he’s going to keep being a “fiscal conservative” and a “conservative like Ronald Reagan” as his 2014 reelection bid heats...
About That TB Outbreak
by FITSNews
People have been hounding us for weeks to write more extensively on a recent outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in Greenwood, S.C. For those of you...
SC “Reformers” Descending Into Irrelevance
by FITSNews
How do you know you’ve arrived? When something you randomly post on social media turns into a political cartoon (or at least what passes for...
Gamecocks Unveil 2013 Uniforms
by FITSNews
COLUMBIA, S.C. (August 3, 2013) – Under Armour and the University of South Carolina have partnered to design a new look for the Gamecocks for...
Nancy Mace Announces Bid For US Senate
August 3, 2013 – Goose Creek, S.C. – Nancy Mace announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate today in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Mace is...