SC Unemployment Rate Dips Slightly
South Carolina’s unemployment rate slid from 8.6 percent in February to 8.4 percent in March, according to the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW)...
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April 2013 Winthrop Poll Results
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The April 2013 Winthrop Poll interviewed 1069 adults living in South Carolina. The survey was in the field from April 6-14, 2013. After weights (for sex, age, and race) have been applied,...
Nikki Haley Approval: 43.5 Percent
by FITSNews
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s poll numbers remain weak, but the results of a new Winthrop University poll show her position stabilizing. The first-term “Republican” –...
A Jasper Port Is Viable? Duh!
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A port in Jasper County located on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River is economically viable, according to the top economic expert at a...
Lindsey Graham: Buying Off The Christians
by FITSNews
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a primary sponsor of S. 13 – federal legislation which would spend $550 million across the country on abstinence only...
Kirkman Finlay Pushes Income Disclosure
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S.C. Rep. Kirkman Finlay (R-Columbia) is pushing an amendment which would dramatically broaden income disclosure requirements for public officials in the Palmetto State. Finlay’s amendment...
Mark Sanford Leads Elizabeth Colbert-Busch
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Mark Sanford has come from behind to take a slim lead over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch in the hotly contested special election for the South Carolina...
Historic SC Labor Participation Rate Data
by FITSNews
We haven’t had many nice things to say about S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) – the agency that was supposed...
Letter: Haley A “Gem”
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Dear Editor, The Governor should keep handling things, as she does. We are blessed to have her. The one thing I noticed after moving here...
Demand Your Handout!
by FITSNews
Boeing got one … so should you. We’re referring, of course, to capital loans based on the number of employees that you think you might...