South Carolinians certainly do love their boards and commissions. How else do you explain the…
Year: 2010
By Tracey Pinkerton Citizen Reporter Elgin Town Councilman Larry Risvold asks the Kershaw County School…
The Charleston City Council took up the issue of appointments to city boards and commissions…
When the U.S. House two weeks ago passed a bill that supposedly would bring $282…
By Tracey Pinkerton Citizen Reporter Kershaw County School District Director of Communications Mary Anne Byrd…
The town of Swansea wants a business owner to pay nearly $10,000 for copies of…
The Sea Island Greenway is dead, for now. It has been killed a couple of…
By Jane Page Thompson Citizen Reporter The S.C. Tax Realignment Commission met Aug. 13 to…
The S.C. retirement system owes tens of millions of dollars to an estimated 15,000 retirees…
By Janet Frazier Citizen Reporter State Board of Education members learn about a statewide curriculum…
Several S.C. lawmakers are dually employed by the state, occupying seats in the General Assembly…
By Janet Frazier Citizen Reporter State Board of Education members debate merits of a statewide…
By Kay Rikard Citizen Reporter Chief Pat Regalis, who recently took charge of the Gaston…
In South Carolina, retired legislators earn an annual average of $19,605 in gross retirement benefits,…
There’s a ticking time bomb in the state budget, and it’s labeled “Medicaid in South…
By Jan Williams Citizen Reporter House Speaker Bobby Harrell seeks to boil down what HB…
WITH VIDEO An S.C. Budget and Control Board meeting Thursday wasn’t as crowded as most…
The S.C. Legislature certainly knows how to protect its special interests. While Gov. Mark Sanford…
By Janet Frazier Citizen Reporter State Board of Education member Bonnie Disney argues in favor…
Outside the entrance of the newly built Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library on the…
Janet Frazier Citizen Reporter State Board of Education member Phillip Bowers expresses concerns with the…
Jan Williams Citizen Reporter Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor talks about HB 4478 and economic development….
The Charleston Regional Development Alliance is devising a new game plan to guide economic development,…
Janet Frazier Citizen Reporter State Board of Education member Mike Brenan expresses concerns with the…
Sometimes, there’s more to a bill than meets the eye. The point rings true in…
Jan Williams Citizen Reporter House Speaker Bobby Harrell describes how H. 4478 came into being….
By Tracey Pinkerton Citizen Reporter Kershaw County School Board members discuss the status of the district’s…
When it comes to paying sales taxes, South Carolina’s motion picture industry is getting a…
Janet Frazier Citizen Reporter Superintendent of Education Jim Rex gives his views on the financial…
South Carolina last month joined more than two dozen other states in adopting new national…
Just days after The Nerve reported on cramped conditions at S.C. Budget and Control Board…
The proposed bicycle ordinance has been in the making for some months now with Charleston…
An indigent Upstate father jailed for a year for failure to pay child support has…
By Jan Williams Citizen Reporter House Speaker Bobby Harrell talks about how H 4478 can…
The recently ended session of the S.C. General Assembly featured no shortage of special-interest bills…