Month: August 2012

Up next on the agenda for Nerve Citizen Reporter Larry Barnett is tackling a procedural…

In the most recent legislative session, bills were introduced to tighten conflict-of-interest rules for state…

Nearly two months after state lawmakers quietly slipped in an additional $2.5 million for the…

Editor’s note: This article continues a series of profiles onThe Nerve’s Citizen Reporters. Seneca resident…

It was December 2010. Gov. Nikki Haley had not yet taken office, the 2011-12 legislative…

Some South Carolina county magistrates might be double dipping by serving as local municipal judges…

Richard Davis, founder and president of the Capitol Consultants government relations firm in Columbia, reported…

If state taxpayers want to know what they received for the more than $300,000 spent…

Editor’s note: This article continues a series of profiles on The Nerve’s Citizen Reporters. See a…

Editor’s note: Nerve Citizen Reporter Talbert Black and state Sen. Larry Martin, R-Pickens, talk about…

For some lawyers, it pays to be a state legislator. Nearly 30 S.C. attorney-lawmakers or…

S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell made a big announcement prior to the 2012 PGA Championship…

As a state panel led by Gov. Nikki Haley wrangled last week over whether to…

Editor’s note: This article continues a series of profiles on The Nerve’s Citizen Reporters. See…

There’s something to be said for reading the S.C. Constitution. In one example, the state’s…

A state lawmaker is calling for a formal audit of an S.C. Department of Agriculture proposal…

If you want to know who doled out big pay raises last fiscal year to…

Editor’s note: This article continues a series of profiles on The Nerve’s Citizen Reporters. See…

If you loathe crowds, you might want to stay away from malls and other large…

Christmas apparently came early this year for higher-paid S.C. House staffers – courtesy of state…