Robert Ford To Resign
Embattled S.C. Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) will resign his seat in the State Senate, multiple sources familiar with his thinking tell FITS. Ford’s resignation is...
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Letter: SC First Steps Failing
Dear Editor, All of us believe that preparing children for school is a great idea; the problem, in the case of the S.C. First Steps to...
Robert Ford’s “Male Enhancement” Pills
Embattled S.C. Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) may have done more than just spend campaign funds at two adult novelty stores, he may have also purchased...
Ethanol Mandate Jacks Beef Prices
After dropping from $2.50 to just over $2.00 during the brunt of the recession four years ago, beef prices are soaring again. In fact the...
Gibson Guitar Raid: In Context
In 2011, agents with the U.S. Department of Justice raided Gibson guitar manufacturing facilities in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee – ostensibly to enforce some obscure wood...
SC Senator Used Campaign Funds For Porn
There really is something in the water in South Carolina, isn’t there? First there was Strom Thurmond’s “love child,” then there was Mark Sanford’s “hike...
Panel: Robert Ford Illegally “Co-Mingled” Funds
S.C. Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) has been accused of taking thousands of dollars in campaign funds and depositing the money into his personal bank account...
John Courson Admits It … Again
As he did a few years ago, S.C. Senate President John Courson is having a little bit of fun with us … The aging fiscally...
$29 Billion?
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s scandal-plagued, completely incompetent Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has made a real mess of the Palmetto State’s infrastructure situation over the last...