Charleston Is Drunk
CAPITAL OF THE LOWCOUNTRY LOVES ITS BOOZE Charleston, S.C. was the fourth-drunkest city in the nation in 2012 according to a recently released list from...
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The Wire: 1/9/2013
by FITSNews
TIPS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, SNIPPETS Welcome to “The Wire …” Today marks the second day of the 2013 session of the S.C. General Assembly – a.k.a....
The Wire: 1/8/2013
by FITSNews
TIPS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, SNIPPETS Welcome to the wire! Today marks the first day the 120th session of the S.C. General Assembly – a make-or-break legislative...
Not In The Cards
by FITSNews
S.C. SUPREME COURT PRESERVES PALMETTO STATE’S GAMBLING MONOPOLY The S.C. Supreme Court has overturned a pro-gambling appeals court ruling – reinstating convictions against the defendants...
SCGOP In Financial Trouble
by FITSNews
PARTY ACCUMULATES $300,000 DEBT OVER BALLOT ISSUE Its politicians like to rail against deficit spending … but the South Carolina Republican Party itself has had...
Alleged Cemetery Sexcapades Rock SC Attorney General’s Office
by FITSNews
One of S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster’s top lieutenants has abruptly resigned from his post after allegations of a cemetery sex tryst with a prostitute...
Toxic Justice: S.C. Supreme Court Sets Oral Argument In Asbestos Receivership Fight
by Jenn Wood
Justices to weigh the legality of a dubious receivership, foreign court rulings, and whether South Carolina courts overstepped their reach......
Toxic Justice: S.C. Supreme Court Steps in on Corrupt Asbestos Docket
by Jenn Wood
High court fast-tracks review of controversial receivership as questions mount over jurisdiction, secrecy, and judicial power...
Toxic Justice, Part 2: The Receivership Enterprise
by Jenn Wood
Inside the secretive system of court-appointed receiverships fueling asbestos litigation......
Toxic Justice, Part 1: The South Carolina Asbestos Machine
by Jenn Wood
How a dying elderly woman’s lawsuit opened a window into a court system where dead companies are resurrected — and political power shields the players...