South Carolina Workforce Bouncing Back?Will FolksJune 16, 2023June 16, 2023 by Will FolksJune 16, 2023June 16, 2023 There's a sustained uptick in labor participation ... but the Palmetto State remains at the bottom of the national barrel on this key metric....
Influx Of New Money Exacerbates South Carolina’s Legislative ImplosionWill FolksMay 10, 2023May 10, 2023 by Will FolksMay 10, 2023May 10, 2023 "Republican" leaders under fire ......
South Carolina Comptroller: State Budget Has $3.5 Billion ‘Anomaly’FITSNewsFebruary 9, 2023March 16, 2023 by FITSNewsFebruary 9, 2023March 16, 2023 Wait ... what?...
Henry McMaster’s Impotent Income Tax ‘Cut’Will FolksJanuary 11, 2022January 18, 2022 by Will FolksJanuary 11, 2022January 18, 2022 With billions of dollars in surplus funding available, "Republican" governor offers only $177 million in relief to taxpayers ......
South Carolina Governor’s ‘Stimulus’ Recommendations: An Orgy Of Government ExcessWill FolksAugust 25, 2021December 1, 2021 by Will FolksAugust 25, 2021December 1, 2021 Henry McMaster's big government bonanza ......
Tom Davis: Additional Budget Reforms Are Needed In South CarolinaFITSForumJuly 3, 2021July 3, 2021 by FITSForumJuly 3, 2021July 3, 2021 State lawmakers must continue to advance measures which enhance accountability in state spending ......
‘Most Liberal’ Republican Legislature In America Is Playing Budget Games … AgainFITSNewsSeptember 16, 2020September 16, 2020 by FITSNewsSeptember 16, 2020September 16, 2020 If a pandemic-induced recession doesn't get them to change their wasteful ways, will state lawmakers ever see the light?...
South Carolina Budget Update: Little Change In Initial Coronavirus ProjectionsFITSNewsMay 9, 2020May 13, 2020 by FITSNewsMay 9, 2020May 13, 2020 Officials still have no clue how virus will impact revenue ... meanwhile politicians and press continue to fall short on transparency....
South Carolina Budget: Spending Transparency Efforts BlockedFITSNewsMarch 4, 2020March 15, 2020 by FITSNewsMarch 4, 2020March 15, 2020 Democrat objects to GOP leader's effort to do away with secretive earmarks ......
South Carolina Spending Transparency Battle: Here We Go AgainFITSNewsJanuary 10, 2020January 15, 2020 by FITSNewsJanuary 10, 2020January 15, 2020 A familiar fight is brewing at the S.C. State House as Republican leaders differ over how to address secretive spending items ......