The Great Fire Sprinkler Scandal Is Back
CORRUPTION IN THE CAPITAL? OR COMMON SENSE REBUKE OF BIG GOVERNMENT? There’s a big report called “Fire Fight” in ProPublica this week covering the U.S. homebuilding industry’s...
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Hugh Leatherman Storms Out Of Fiscal Leadership Meeting
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SENATE LEADER BRISTLES AT “OLD GUARD” SLIGHT FROM NIKKI HALEY Powerful S.C. Senate president Hugh Leatherman stormed out of a contentious meeting of state fiscal...
SC Pension Fund Bomb About To Go Boom!
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TAXPAYERS WILL BE ON THE HOOK FOR THE FALLOUT, TOO … South Carolina’s State Fiscal Accountability Authority (SFAA) is a relatively new animal. It was...
SC Labor Participation Rate Inches Lower
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PALMETTO STATE HAS NATION’S EIGHTH-SMALLEST WORKFORCE … South Carolina’s labor participation rate slipped from 59.9 percent in April to 59.8 percent in May – the...
Palmetto State’s Economic Growth Slips
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NOT A “GREAT DAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA” FOR GDP EXPANSION Need further evidence of the failure of South Carolina’s government-driven, crony capitalist approach to economic...
Is Nikki Haley Steering Jobs Away From Florence County?
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SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR ONCE AGAIN ACCUSED OF PLAYING POLITICS WITH “ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT” Three years ago we ran an exclusive report on allegations that S.C. governor Nikki...
Nikki Haley: From “Lame Duck” To “Dead Duck”
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GOVERNOR’S WANING INFLUENCE FURTHER WEAKENED BY PRIMARY RESULTS S.C. governor Nikki Haley bet big on establishment “Republican” Marco Rubio during the 2016 “First in the...
Neo-Confederate Kingpin Touts His New “Kingmaker”
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DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES … We’ve written twice now in relation to this week’s upcoming partisan primary elections for seats in the S.C....
2016 Primary: Warring GOP Establishments
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NIKKI HALEY’S “REFORMERS” VERSUS RICHARD QUINN’S INCUMBENTS It’s been a rough year for the “Republican” establishment in South Carolina. Obviously its leading politicians and political...
South Carolina: Where Reform Goes To Die
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LOOKING BACK AT A BOTCHED BID TO FIX STATE GOVERNMENT A little more than eight years ago, our founding editor Will Folks drafted a comprehensive reform blueprint for...