SCDEW Facing Budget Deficit
Despite three rounds of layoffs over the last six months, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) is still hemorrhaging taxpayer cash....
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Major Endorsement Coming For Curtis Bostic?
by FITSNews
Sources close to the campaign of fiscally liberal former Charleston County councilman Curtis Bostic tell FITS a “game changing” endorsement is coming his way as...
Katrina Shealy Mulls “Major” Income Tax Cut
by FITSNews
The lone female member of the South Carolina Senate is poised to become the only lawmaker in Columbia proposing anything resembling substantive tax relief. Or...
Parsing The SC-1 Poll
by FITSNews
The first congressional district is an interesting animal … In a state full of dirt poor, borderline illiterates it represents the richest and most intellectually...
Elizabeth Colbert-Busch Is For Real
by FITSNews
Mitt Romney carried the South Carolina first congressional district by nearly 20 points last November … meaning it should be completely out of reach for...
Jay Stamper Is Disputing Us …
by FITSNews
We published a story earlier this week on Jay Stamper, a Columbia, S.C.-based non-profit director/ businessman who has decided to run against against U.S. Sen....
WTF, Clemson?
by FITSNews
We’ve been arguing for years that Clemson University and other cash-guzzling institutions of “higher learning” in South Carolina should pursue their destinies as private institutions. Why?...
In Other USC-Upstate News …
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Today’s big news at the University of South Carolina Upstate is a cease and desist order issued by S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson against professor...
Beth Bernstein’s First Test
by FITSNews
Newly elected S.C. Rep. Beth Bernstein (D-Columbia) won her legislative race last year on the strength of an aggressive anti-corruption push – oh, and the...
Robbery … Completed
by FITSNews
It’s official … a corrupt group of “Republican” and Democratic political leaders in Richland County, S.C. stole $1.2 billion from local taxpayers. That’s right, stole...