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When it comes to transparency, accountability and anti-corruption mechanisms, South Carolina ranks near the bottom, according…
Year: 2012
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If you ask most South Carolina attorneys who handle criminal cases, they likely would tell you…
The Nerve received three South Carolina Press Association awards at the association’s annual awards meeting…
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Two bills to reform South Carolina’s public higher education system by creating a board of…
It was “feel-good” time on Charleston County Council earlier this week at the March 13…
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A potential overhaul of the state tax code this year has fallen into a parting…
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A gathering Wednesday in support of legislation to strengthen the state’s Freedom of Information Act…
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Legislation that would give the S.C. Arts Commission a steady source of revenue received approval…
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There’s no doubt about it: The S.C. Department of Agriculture is finding taxpayer-funded marketing and…
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County legislative delegations could give up their long-held power over the hiring and firing of…
There was little business before Charleston County Council at the February 24 session of the…
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A little-known state economic development agency created two years ago but not yet in operation…
An Aiken County political activist is planning a rally in Columbia next week in an…
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Sixteen state agencies and institutions collectively have spent at least $320,000 since June lobbying the…
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Three South Carolina public bodies are among just 214 government entities nationwide being recognized by…
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(Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.) Grassroots activists took both…
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Regardless of whether politics get driven out of highway spending in South Carolina this year,…
UPDATE 3/6/12: The Sullivan’s Island Town Council voted unanimously Monday evening to drop the town’s…
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A proposed ordinance that proponents argued would have controlled blight in Lexington County ended up…
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As separate bills aimed at restructuring the state Department of Transportation progress through the S.C….
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Call it a disorder of the legislative state: In South Carolina, there is one set…
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Grassroots groups pushing for more accountability and transparency in state government are running into a…
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Poll some of the parties involved in an effort to thwart the theft and illegal…
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Working to convince South Carolinians that a little-known competitive grants program is on the up…
The presidents of South Carolina’s three research universities came prepared Wednesday to talk to a…
Juveniles who plead guilty to non-violent and other minor offenses could have their cases dismissed…
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It doesn’t look like any sunlight will shine for now on the traditionally secretive process…
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Describing tuition hikes at public colleges as tantamount to tax increases, a state senator says…
South Carolina’s child custody law would see its biggest overhaul in decades under a bill…
State law requires that House and Senate appropriation committees meet in joint open session to…
A third bill has been introduced to put the kibosh on ethics self-policing in the…
Lots of politicians rail against federal earmarks in Congress, but the S.C. General Assembly has…
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It’s a sure sign the S.C. General Assembly is back in session when tents rise…
Five years after Grand Strand legislators failed in a bid to change the S.C. Department…
Offenders charged with certain crimes could have their records wiped clean multiple times under a…