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...
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SC Tourism: Still Underperforming
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
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!
Get ready, people … “Shark Week” is here. The annual week-long series – which airs on the Discovery Channel – is the longest-running cable television...
Lindsey Graham Vows He’s “Like Reagan”
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
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
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
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...
SC Health Care Rates To “Increase Significantly”
Remember that story we did a few weeks ago about the coming “rate shock” in South Carolina related to the implementation of U.S. President Barack...
Fire At Columbia, SC Government Building
A “small fire” broke out at a city government building in downtown Columbia, S.C. on Friday afternoon – prompting the evacuation of all employees at...