Which is Worse: Raising Your Voice or Milking the System? By Ashley Landess There’s a…
Month: October 2013
On July 18, Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell traveled to Sullivan’s Island to speak at an…
Almost five months ago, the South Carolina Policy Council,The Nerve’s parent organization, published a policy analysis explaining what exactly…
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If Gov. Nikki Haley uses her taxpayer-funded security detail during campaign events, her campaign won’t…
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After four open-records requests over 18 months, the S.C. Department of Commerce this month finally…
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South Carolina’s Secret Government By Ashley Landess Last week, Nerve editor Rick Brundrett wrote an article about…
Ex-Sen. Robert Ford, who resigned in May amid a Senate Ethics Committee hearing into allegations…
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Last week, The Nerve’s Rick Brundrett published a piece about S.C. Senator Luke Rankin’s income. Sen. Rankin, Brundrett…
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A state law at the center of a controversial court ruling that kicked about 250…
Since Jan. 1 of last year, S.C. Research Authority CEO Bill Mahoney has received $108,752…
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The Hucksterism of our Legislative Elite As a general rule, we permit our politicians to…
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The legislative Joint Bond Review Committee this morning is expected to consider approving the proposed…
By RICK BRUNDRETT At last Tuesday’s meeting of a special S.C. Senate ethics study committee,…
Like father, like son, as the old saying goes. Paul McClintock is a senior vice…
Credit Where It Isn’t Due By Ashley Landess I was recently reminded by a South…
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Jordan Bryngelson of Ridgeville didn’t make it past the June 2012 GOP primary for the…
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There are basically two kinds of local government structures: the “strong-council-weak-mayor” form, or the “strong-mayor-weak-council”…
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For more than a month, state and local officials have been largely silent about taxpayer-backed…
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Since 2008, Boggs Paving Inc. has been awarded more than $200 million in contracts for…
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What Exactly Are We Transforming? By Ashley Landess Business leaders recently announced a new education…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The destruction of a recent letter from the State Ethics Commission’s chief…
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Nearly five months after the TransformSC initiative was unveiled by New Carolina (“South Carolina’s Council on…