‘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 ......
A $2 Billion Windfall: South Carolina Lawmakers Have No Excuse Not To Cut Taxes NowFITSNewsNovember 8, 2019November 13, 2019 by FITSNewsNovember 8, 2019November 13, 2019 GOP-controlled legislature has a rare opportunity to provide real tax relief to those who need it most ......
Fifty Bucks? South Carolina Taxpayers Get Screwed AgainFITSNewsSeptember 23, 2019November 8, 2019 by FITSNewsSeptember 23, 2019November 8, 2019 But mainstream media views lackluster tax cut as "unfathomable ..."...
Henry McMaster Vetoes Next-To-Nothing … AgainFITSNewsMay 31, 2019May 31, 2019 by FITSNewsMay 31, 2019May 31, 2019 South Carolina needs a taxpayer champion in the governor's office, not a rubber stamp for bigger, less effective government ......
Henry McMaster’s “Mo Money, Mo Problems” SC BudgetFITSNewsJanuary 15, 2019January 17, 2019 by FITSNewsJanuary 15, 2019January 17, 2019 South Carolina's big-spending status quo rolls on ......
SC Lawmakers Play “Budget Roulette” With 2020 Presidential PrimaryFITSNewsDecember 19, 2018December 24, 2018 by FITSNewsDecember 19, 2018December 24, 2018 Budget writers must determine whether to fund "First in the South" election ......
SC Lawmakers Must Return Surplus To TaxpayersFITSNewsSeptember 4, 2018September 7, 2018 by FITSNewsSeptember 4, 2018September 7, 2018 "Republicans" face critical test of fiscal discipline ......