Over the four-plus months of media reports raising questions about potential ethical violations involving S.C….
Month: January 2013
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A state Department of Agriculture proposal to expand the State Farmers Market in Lexington County…
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A plan to create a revenue stream for some state parks has compelled the S.C….
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The S.C. Commission on Ethics Reform has proposed sweeping reforms to state ethics laws, which…
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The makeup of the S.C. House Ethics Committee isn’t illegal if you ask new committee…
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A House Judiciary subcommittee Thursday supported a plan by Majority Leader Bruce Bannister that would…
Despite a Senate bill that would eliminate the controversial S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank as a…
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The chairman of a House Ways and Means subcommittee rejected a plan Tuesday afternoon to…
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The South Carolina Policy Council – The Nerve’s parent organization – is considering filing a…
Taylor Smith is getting an education at the University of South Carolina, though not necessarily…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Section 11-11-90 of the state code is an inconvenient truth for the…
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Rules are rules, as the old saying goes. And for the S.C. House and Senate,…
They’re called “Bobby Bucks,” and they’re the legislative equivalent of Turkish delights. Seemingly impossible to…
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A state senator is proposing a major overhaul of the way judges are selected in…
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Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Nerve Citizen Reporter Katrina Fay of Hickory…
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Language that would strike an obscure state law currently being ignored by the General Assembly…
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The head of a government watchdog organization says he plans to ask the S.C. House…
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The head of the agency overseeing the use of state planes asked a legislative budget-writing…
UPDATE: After this story was published, the S.C. Attorney General’s Office provided The Nerve with…
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Typically, state and local officials hand out big taxpayer-backed goody bags to major companies locating…
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Incompetence, apathy and “inappropriate” priorities characterized the South Carolina Department of Revenue’s approach to data…
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Despite publicly holding its hand out for more money, the University of South Carolina has…