South Carolina’s top judge is seeking more than $22 million in new spending in next…
Year: 2013
Halloween is officially over, but plenty of companies locating or expanding in the Palmetto State…
Which is Worse: Raising Your Voice or Milking the System? By Ashley Landess There’s a…
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…
If Gov. Nikki Haley uses her taxpayer-funded security detail during campaign events, her campaign won’t…
After four open-records requests over 18 months, the S.C. Department of Commerce this month finally…
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…
Last week, The Nerve’s Rick Brundrett published a piece about S.C. Senator Luke Rankin’s income. Sen. Rankin, Brundrett…
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…
The Hucksterism of our Legislative Elite As a general rule, we permit our politicians to…
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…
Jordan Bryngelson of Ridgeville didn’t make it past the June 2012 GOP primary for the…
There are basically two kinds of local government structures: the “strong-council-weak-mayor” form, or the “strong-mayor-weak-council”…
For more than a month, state and local officials have been largely silent about taxpayer-backed…
Since 2008, Boggs Paving Inc. has been awarded more than $200 million in contracts for…
What Exactly Are We Transforming? By Ashley Landess Business leaders recently announced a new education…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The destruction of a recent letter from the State Ethics Commission’s chief…
Nearly five months after the TransformSC initiative was unveiled by New Carolina (“South Carolina’s Council on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT “No letter was sent to Gov. Haley.” Only there was. When it…
A Cluster Indeed By Ashley Landess In August of 2008, South Carolina legislative leaders held…
Fees and fines collected by state agencies make up a huge part of the state…
The redistribution of wealth is alive and well in the Upstate . At the September…
On June 25, the S.C. Department of Transportation announced that it was closing a three-tenths…
Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Nerve Citizen Reporter Alexandra Allman of Rock…
A State Law Enforcement Division spokesman said Tuesday an investigation of S.C. House Speaker Bobby…
In the private sector, average- or poor-performing company leaders usually aren’t rewarded with the highest…
Last month, state Sen. Nikki Setzler of Lexington County announced during a local chamber of…
By Ashley Landess We often say about the South Carolina Policy Council that without us,…