Year: 2013
If you’re an elected official in South Carolina, it’s reasonably likely that you’ve come across…
The governing board of the S.C. Department of Transportation could ignore its state-mandated priority list…
Imagine going to a bank and asking for a $120 million loan but refusing to…
S.C. Rep. Bill Chumley will finally get his day in court before the House Ethics…
Here in South Carolina, we’ve created a monster. It’s called government-driven economic development. The ugly…
The S.C. House Ethics Committee today will not consider the ethics case involving Rep. Bill…
South Carolina’s choo-choo chief has been seeing a lot more cha-ching in his paychecks in…
In January, S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell and his spokesman, Greg Foster, took a state…
The Taxpayer-Funded Road to Nowhere By Ashley Landess One of my friends recently said about…
Christmas came a little early Tuesday for some S.C. Department of Commerce employees. The five-member…
The state Department of Education is seeking repayment of $52,046 awarded to the South Carolina…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Rep. Sandifer and the ‘funeral cartel’ Although he’s a funeral home director…
Double Standards for the Big Boys By Ashley Landess What do former Lieutenant Governor Ken…
S.C. Rep. Stephen Goldfinch says he doesn’t believe he’ll face any disciplinary action from his…
Update: 11/3/14 – State Ethics Commission Director Herb Hayden violated the S.C. Freedom of Information…
From the Editor: The Nerve office will be closed today and tomorrow in observance of…
As state lawmakers plan to continue debate next year whether to relinquish their self-policing powers,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The search committee for Clemson University’s next president kept the public from…
In November 2010, Dillon County voters overwhelmingly approved a proposal to have their county board…
For the past 20 years, former state lawmaker Arnold Goodstein has been the attorney for…
Window-Dressing Ethics Reform By Ashley Landess Watching the gaggle of South Carolina politicians perform like…
The S.C. Department of Transportation is expected to, according to state law, focus on the…
Voting rights did not come easily or quickly to women or to African Americans in …
As South Carolina struggles to recover from the Great Recession, state agencies in recent years…
“The selection of a president is the single most important responsibility of the board.” So…
To University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides, his offer to the S.C. General Assembly…
The September 2009 announcement that the Softee Supreme Diaper Corporation would locate a $6 million…
If you didn’t know that the state of South Carolina owns and operates three railroads,…
The Power-Trip Parade By Ashley Landess James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers that “The…
As a state legislative panel this morning considers a stalled bill that seeks to “nullify”…
Journalists and commentators at the country’s major metropolitan news organizations are forever trying to figure…