County Credit Card Scandal Highlights Need For Spending Transparency
South Carolina's leaders need to get serious about tracking taxpayer expenditures ......
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SC Comptroller’s Ex-Wife Faces Court Hearing In Maryland
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You thought you'd heard the last of the Eckstroms? Think again ......
SCDSS Child Support Issues Inviting Lawsuits
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A THREE-DECADE DEBACLE … Familiar with the debacle involving the S.C. Department of Social Services (SCDSS) child support enforcement database? If you are a Palmetto...
SC Revenue Growth Slows
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STATE COLLECTIONS COMING UP SHORT … Annual revenues to the state of South Carolina grew by 4.3 percent during the fiscal year that ended on...
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 “Godfather Of Pork” Hires Embattled Neo-Confederate Consultant
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HUGH LEATHERMAN ENTRUSTS RICHARD QUINN WITH THE FIGHT OF HIS POLITICAL LIFE Unrivaled and unquestioned for years, South Carolina’s most powerful politician suddenly finds himself waging a...
Records Sealed In Maryland Custody Case With SC Connections
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FITSNEWS.COM BLASTED FOR ITS ROLE … REFERRED TO AS AN “OVER THE TOP PUBLICATION” Attorneys for Brad Eckstrom – the son of S.C. comptroller general Richard...
SC Comptroller’s Son Files Disclosure In Custody Drama
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UPDATE ON MARYLAND CASE WITH PALMETTO STATE CONNECTIONS Remember the rumor that our founding editor, Will Folks, had fathered a child out of wedlock? With...
Reports: SC Comptroller’s Son Suing Ex-Fiancee For Custody
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Brad Eckstrom – the son of S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom – is suing his ex-fiancee for full custody of their minor child. This, of...