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Haley campaign appointee under attack
Gov. Nikki Haley is under attack from the National Jewish Democratic Council because one of her campaign co-chairs has ties to a hate group.
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Sen. Ray Cleary of Murrells Inlet defends his vote for the expansion of Medicaid
South Carolina senators voted Tuesday to kill the expansion of Medicaid coverage for the "working poor" under the federal health care law known as Obamacare.
The Memphis City Council received backlash after voting to change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest Park , originally named for a man who was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK, a Confederate general in the Civil War and a slave trader.
Haley pleads for Dems to come to the ethics light
By Mark Bellune MarkBellune@yahoo.com Gov. Nikki Haley is putting on a full-court press to get ethics reform passed.
GOP governor hires white supremacist for re-election committee
The Republican party often gets accused of being prejudice or even racist. While the claims are not always accurate, at times the nail is hit right on the head.
Politics: Democrat sees opportunity in GOP bastion
If in the next 18 months someone you know asks if you're happy with a corrupt state government you will know that Vincent Sheheen's campaign for governor is catching on.
House passes government restructuring bill
Special to the Chronicle The S.C. House of Representatives has again approved a Department of Administration bill.
Lexington leads state in employment
Lexington County led the state once again in employment in April. And the state's employment rate was at the highest level in five years.
Worry about food stamp growth, not junk food
Fast food, red meat, white bread, trans fats, sugary cereals, processed foods, salty snacks, fried anything, refined grains, hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, caffeine, sodium, Snickers bars ... We're surrounded by unhealthy choices, and by people who would like to legislate them away.
SC governor urges Senate to pass ethics reform
Republican Gov. Nikki Haley held a news conference Tuesday morning, flanked by 14 Republican state senators, calling on the Senate to pass an ethics bill that would make lawmakers disclose who pays them and would force former lawmakers to wait at least eight years after their terms end before they can come back and get paid to lobby their former ... (more)
Top Ports: Savannah Replaces Charleston
In 2003 the Port of Charleston, S.C. was the world's 42nd largest - and the fifth largest in the nation.
SCDP: Actions Speak Louder Than Words On Ethics Reform
Governor Haley will be holding a press conference this morning and attached is a document to help you decode the Governor's real position on ethics since her actions tell a far different story than her words.
SC House Committee Crafting Cybersecurity Bill
A House committee's proposal for better securing South Carolina taxpayers' personal data would create a new computer technology agency that reports to the governor.
Trikki Nikki's "Corrupt Bargain"
In a last-ditch effort to pass a watered-down ethics reform bill, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley - perhaps the most hypocritical good government reformer in political history - has reportedly cut a deal with two tax-hiking "Republicans in Name Only." Multiple sources in the S.C. Senate tell FITS that the governor - who is desperate to secure enough votes to ... (more)
A Democratic memo obtained exclusively by FITS alleges that S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley has a white supremacist on her 2014 gubernatorial steering committee.
Gov Haley: Finish Work on Ethics Bill this Year
Gov. Nikki Haley is calling on legislators to get a bill strengthening the state's weak ethics laws to her desk.
S.C. Gov. Haley's husband home for a short leave
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, left, comforts her son, Nalin, and daughter, Rena, as her husband, Michael, deploys to Afghanistan.
Hugh Leatherman's Office Protested
From the "people are starting to get it" file, a group of protestors recently picketed the Pee Dee real estate office of powerful S.C. Senate finance chairman Hugh Leatherman .
Political rivals work to pass government overhaul
A bill representing the largest overhaul of state government in decades is again approaching passage.
South Carolina Governor Interview
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley talked about her impact as the state's first female and first Indian-American Governor.