“DARK MONEY” BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF STATE HOUSE RATCHETS UP S.C. governor Nikki Haley traveled to the Palmetto Upstate this week to sign so-called “ethics reform” legislation with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...