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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.
Boeing expects to bring about 600 IT jobs to the Lowcountry
The Boeing Co. expects to add about 600 information technology jobs in North Charleston during the next three years as the company reshuffles its IT workforce, according to an initial company estimate.
S.C. Gov. Haley not going to Paris Air Show
Various aircraft manufacturers from around the world descend on either England or France each summer to promote and sell their planes.
The Agenda: South Carolina's Idol, State unemployment at 5 year...
St. Helena Island native Candace Glover was crowned the new winner of American Idol in the season finale last night.
S.C. Budget for New Buses Uncertain Despite Excess Lottery Funds
While extra lottery revenues in South Carolina is good news for public schools, media reports suggesting that the $26 million might be funneled toward brand-new school buses are premature, said Department of Education spokesperson Jay Ragley.
Rep. Mark Sanford, Gov. Nikki Haley to visit Monday
Sanford will meet with the State Ports Authority at 10 a.m. Monday. Deepening Charleston's Harbor loomed as one of the biggest local issues in the special 1st Congressional District election that Sanford won earlier this month.