“REVENUE ENHANCEMENT” COULD BE A MOVING TARGET … It’s no secret Republican leaders in the S.C. General Assembly will renew their push for an increase in the...
THE “NEW MONEY” GRAVY TRAIN IS LOSING STEAM … Last month we did a story on South Carolina’s slowing revenue growth – which dipped from 7.3 percent during the...
SENATE’S FISCAL CONSERVATIVE CHAMPION SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR BIGGER TAX RELIEF PACKAGE The battle to provide larger, longer-lasting tax relief to working South Carolinians received some momentum this...
LAWMAKERS BATTLE OVER MODEST TAX RELIEF PROPOSAL … We did a big story this week on a little tax cut proposed by S.C. Rep. Bruce Bannister –...
REVENUE SITUATION OFFERS UP-AND-COMING LAWMAKER ANOTHER BITE AT THE POISON APPLE … This website has written a lot of nice things about S.C. Rep. Kirkman Finlay....
STILL THINK WE NEED A GAS TAX? Earlier this week we dropped a bombshell on the Palmetto political universe when we reported that the state’s financial...
MORE KINDLING … || By FITSNEWS || South Carolina’s big-spending “Republican” leadership has another $87 million to spend courtesy of better-than-expected tax returns. And yes, that’s...
GOVERNOR PROPOSES CUTTING BARELY ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT OF STATE BUDGET || By FITSNEWS || For the fifth year in a row, a governor elected on...
MORE “TRANSPARENCY INACTION” IN STATE GOVERNMENT || By FITSNEWS || With all eyes on the debate over the Confederate flag, South Carolina lawmakers secretly approved a...
NEW SPENDING PLAN UNLIKELY TO PASS IN TIME … || By FITSNEWS || Thanks to new media, we know how big South Carolina’s state budget is...