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Breaking news and analysis from our home state of South Carolina. Click on the links below to follow Palmetto State government and politics from a decidedly pro-free market, pro-taxpayer perspective …

Rabid Bobcat Confirmed In Chester County

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Carolina Kitchen Confidential: Don’s Deli & Bakery

Erin ParrottJune 8, 2026June 10, 2026

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Carolina Kitchen Confidential: Country Café

Erin ParrottJune 1, 2026June 3, 2026

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Nikki Haley Ally Making Moves In SC House

FITSNewsSeptember 29, 2016September 29, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 29, 2016September 29, 2016

NATHAN BALLENTINE EYES POWERFUL COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP … During her tenure in the S.C. House of Representatives from 2005-2011, then-State Rep. Nikki Haley was consumed by the goal of...

SC Coastal Tax Data: Mixed Bag

FITSNewsSeptember 29, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 29, 2016

REVENUE UP MODESTLY … PICTURE INCOMPLETE There’s a battle raging in Myrtle Beach, S.C. between taxpayer-subsidized tourism leaders and government watchdogs over just how many...

Columbia SC Councilwoman Leona Plaugh Passes Away

FITSNewsSeptember 29, 2016September 29, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 29, 2016September 29, 2016

CAPITAL CITY LOSES A CHAMPION FOR COMMON SENSE GOVERNANCE … Leona Plaugh was one of the few elected officials in South Carolina who consistently put taxpayers...

School Shooting In South Carolina

FITSNewsSeptember 28, 2016October 2, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 28, 2016October 2, 2016

THREE INJURED IN SHOOTING AT TOWNVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL … Two children were wounded during a shooting at a government-run elementary school in Anderson County, S.C. on...

State Lawmaker’s “Professor Pay Day” Doubles

FITSNewsSeptember 28, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 28, 2016

BILL BOWERS RAKING IN EVEN MORE “HIGHER ED” CASH … Three years ago we brought our readers the story of S.C. Rep. Bill Bowers, a certified...

SCDSS In Panic Mode

FITSNewsSeptember 28, 2016September 28, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 28, 2016September 28, 2016

AGENCY RAMPS UP FOSTER FAMILY LICENSING EFFORTS … Yesterday we ran a story on the latest debacle at S.C. governor Nikki Haley‘s Department of Social Services (SCDSS)....

SC Circuit Court Judge Mourned, Remembered

FITSNewsSeptember 28, 2016September 28, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 28, 2016September 28, 2016

TANYA GEE: “I AM DAMN PROUD OF THE LIFE I LIVED” Tanya Gee – one of the Palmetto State’s brightest young judges – passed away...

SC Lawmaker’s Corruption Case In Limbo

FITSNewsSeptember 27, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 27, 2016

SAMUEL RIVERS CASE UP IN THE AIR … While the broader investigation into alleged corruption at the S.C. State House continues to escalate, one member...

New SCDSS Foster Home Program Is A Disaster

FITSNewsSeptember 27, 2016June 29, 2017

by FITSNewsSeptember 27, 2016June 29, 2017

ANOTHER WELFARE AGENCY SCANDAL … By now, it should be abundantly clear to anyone paying attention that South Carolina governor Nikki Haley’s welfare agency –...

SC Coastal Heroin Epidemic Spreads Inland

FITSNewsSeptember 27, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 27, 2016

LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE CAUSE … We’ve written several times now about a growing heroin epidemic along South Carolina’s coast. Users of the drug are overdosing...

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Rabid Bobcat Confirmed In Chester County

Carolina Kitchen Confidential: Don’s Deli & Bakery

Carolina Kitchen Confidential: Country Café

Nikki Haley Ally Making Moves In SC House

SC Coastal Tax Data: Mixed Bag

Columbia SC Councilwoman Leona Plaugh Passes Away

School Shooting In South Carolina

State Lawmaker’s “Professor Pay Day” Doubles

SC Circuit Court Judge Mourned, Remembered

SC Lawmaker’s Corruption Case In Limbo

SC Coastal Heroin Epidemic Spreads Inland

West Columbia Officer, Suspect Wounded In Exchange Of Gunfire

Lawsuit Accuses Prisma of Reverse Engineering a $60 Million Medical Platform

Crossroads 2026: Ralph Norman ‘Unlikely’ to Endorse in GOP Runoff

Crossroads 2026: Pamela Evette’s (New) Running Mate Conundrum

Michael Graham: Soccer Is Not America’s Game, and It Never Will Be

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