U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett’s South Carolina gubernatorial campaign has lost its principal consultant.
In fact, the Charleston, S.C.-based firm of Jim Dyke and Associates has been off of the Barrett payroll since late September, multiple sources have confirmed to FITS.
It’s unknown what motivated the split, [...]
3 SC QUOTES AMONG YALE’S 10 MOST MEMORABLE OF 2009
The state of South Carolina was well represented in Yale University’s compilation of the year’s most memorable quotes.
Congressman Joe Wilson took the fourth spot on the annual list for yelling “you lie” at President Barack Obama during a [...]
By an 18 to 6 vote, the committee decided Sanford's misuse of state aircraft and five-day disappearance to visit his [...]
Dobbs stated, “This bill includes [...]
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTES 18-6 AGAINST MEASURE TO REMOVE GOV.
The effort to remove Gov. Mark Sanford from office came to an end on Wednesday, as the South Carolina House judiciary committee killed a measure to impeach the embattled governor.
But a formal censure of the governor was unanimously approved [...]
Did we get three “K’s” into that headline?
Kneejerk … Kotter … Kristmas …
Good … because that will no doubt please South Carolina’s knee-jerking Attorney General (and GOP gubernatorial front-runner), Henry McMaster, as he and his Kotterific family prepare to celebrate another “[...]
PRESIDENT CHOSE ILLINOIS PRISON TO HOUSE 1/3 OF GITMO DETAINEES
The tireless work of South Carolina’s senior U.S. Senator appears to have kept suspected terrorists from being housed in South Carolina.
After heavy lobbying by Sen. Lindsey Graham, President Barack Obama agreed not to send nearly one-third of the [...]
In school districts and statehouses across the nation, bean-counters are worried about school budgets.
South Carolina is no exception.
Despite over $8.4 billion in taxpayer funding for public schools in the Palmetto State, schools are looking to cut programs, furlough [...]
Hey, There's No Disclaimer, So ..........
Most people view the message inside of a fortune cookie to be pure entertainment, but a blogger in South Carolina is challenging the legal interpretation of the little piece of paper in court. Mike Reino, who's SC6 [...]
University of South Carolina senior linebacker Eric Norwood has been named a first team Associated Press All-American – the first Gamecock player in a quarter century to earn a spot on the prestigious squad.
Norwood – who is USC’s career leader in both sacks (29.0) and tackles [...]
Already facing an unconstitutional deficit of nearly $100 million from the previous fiscal year, South Carolina’s fiscal leaders ordered state agencies to cut $238 million from their current budgets Tuesday afternoon.
That’s the second cut in three months, although the current state spending plan remains [...]
“Git yours, South Carolina!”
That’s the rallying cry from thousands of new taxpayer-funded employees tasked with administering the U.S. Census in South Carolina, a state that has historically ranked among the worst in the nation when it comes to filling out its census forms.
News flash: filling [...]
The 60-second radio spot, which will begin airing on Wednesday' [...]
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALLOWS JURISTS TO JOIN SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE
A South Carolina judicial panel has offered one of the first decisions in the country regarding use of the social networking site Facebook by judges.
The State Advisory Committee on Standards of Judicial Conduct [...]
BOARD AGREES TO TRIM SPENDING BY 5%
The South Carolina Budget and Control Board has slashed a quarter of a billion dollars from the state budget.
The 5 percent across-the-board cuts will save the state $245 million from the overall $5 billion [...]
In case you’re new to the South Carolina political system, a surprisingly-high percentage of the legislation passed by our bass-ackwards legislative branch of government involves memorializing redneck kids who die in bizarre ways.
Seriously, we have a law for practically every redneck (double) name in [...]
WACH FOX ANCHOR MAKES TONIGHT SHOW FOR GAMECOCK REFERENCE
One of my favorite news anchors in South Carolina made national headlines Monday night by way of an unexpected appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Conan O’Brien.
Ashleigh Messervy, who hosts WACH Fox’s “Good Day” morning show, was featured on a new segment [...]
Nearly twenty years ago, when BMW made its committment to South Carolina, some visionaries predicted it would be just the first of many changes that the automotive industry would make in the Upstate.
LEGISLATION GIVES POWER TO LT. GOV. DURING ABSENCE OF GOV.
When Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared for five days in June to visit his Argentinian mistress, he left South Carolina in a state of utter confusion.
State law provides for the transfer of power if a governor is dead, declared [...]
BOARD GRANTS NEW DEALS TO USC’S TOP 2 COACHES
Christmas came 11 days early for the University of South Carolina’s top two coaches, as the school’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday agreed to give contract extensions to head football coach Steve Spurrier and head basketball coach Darrin Horn.
Spurrier [...]
Once upon a time, the website SC Hotline was South Carolina’s version of The Drudge Report – a news aggregator that drove the state’s political debate and occasionally broke some real news.
Today, it’s been relegated to the dust-bin of the internet - a [...]
CHANGES ARE GOOD FIRST STEP, STATE NEEDS MORE REFORMS
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles announced last week that, beginning next year, handicapped placards and license tags will look a little different.
The placards will feature a photo of the individual to whom it was issued. The [...]
WOLFORD OFFERED JOB AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE
The man who oversaw the University of South Carolina’s offensive line this season is likely on his way to Ohio.
USC offensive line coach Eric Wolford has reportedly been offered the head coaching job at Youngstown State — a post he is expect [...]
