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More than $285,000 in tax dollars and a promised computer system for the S.C. Department…
Year: 2012
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A federal judge recently ruled in favor of a Utah woman who sued when faced…
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A new state law prohibits local governments in South Carolina from using state funding to…
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When South Carolina’s top accountant last week announced there would be about $15 million less…
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Gov. Nikki Haley’s legacy as a state elected official, presently a work in progress, could…
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State laws dealing with the protection of the elderly and disabled and their property received…
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Up next on the agenda for Nerve Citizen Reporter Larry Barnett is tackling a procedural…
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In the most recent legislative session, bills were introduced to tighten conflict-of-interest rules for state…
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Nearly two months after state lawmakers quietly slipped in an additional $2.5 million for the…
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It was December 2010. Gov. Nikki Haley had not yet taken office, the 2011-12 legislative…
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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…
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If state taxpayers want to know what they received for the more than $300,000 spent…
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Editor’s note: Nerve Citizen Reporter Talbert Black and state Sen. Larry Martin, R-Pickens, talk about…
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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…
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As a state panel led by Gov. Nikki Haley wrangled last week over whether to…
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There’s something to be said for reading the S.C. Constitution. In one example, the state’s…
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A state lawmaker is calling for a formal audit of an S.C. Department of Agriculture proposal…
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If you want to know who doled out big pay raises last fiscal year to…
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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…
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AT&T spent $276,000 trying to influence state government during this year’s legislative session, the largest…
Potentially thousands of South Carolina child-support enforcement cases are on hold because the federal government…
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Editor’s note: This article continues a series of profiles on The Nerve’s Citizen Reporters. See…
An S.C. House member was paid more than $12,500 in legislative salary and expense reimbursements…
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We have government-driven economic development going full force in this state. As it stands now,…
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An effort to give South Carolina taxpayers a better sense of whether they get their…
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More than five years ago, the S.C. General Assembly was warned about potential conflicts of…
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Since 2007, a total of $85,500 in state tax dollars has been allocated to a…
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