Editor’s Note: Political cartoonist Robert Ariail on South Carolina’s ruling political elite.
Month: July 2014
Update: 8/13/14 – The city of Columbia paid the McAngus Goudelock & Courie law firm…
MESSAGE DU JOUR: ‘INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY’ The phrase “on message” first began to circulate…
Editor’s Note: A Nerve reporter on Friday rode with a driver for UberX, a recently…
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DO JOBS COUNT IF POLITICIANS CAN’T TAKE CREDIT FOR THEM? Usually when a business decides…
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At a Senate panel hearing Wednesday, the S.C. Department of Social Services’ deputy director said…
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Police in South Carolina are poised to start ticketing drivers for a popular smartphone-app, ridesharing…
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Nearly eight months after a “destroyed” State Ethics Commission letter was provided to The Nerve,…
If you think that local school districts in South Carolina are controlled by their school…
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HAVEN’T WE HAD ENOUGH SECRECY FOR A WHILE? The Supreme Court rightly reversed Judge Casey…
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On June 17, George Parker, a law enforcement officer with the state Office of Regulatory…
By ALLAN YARID In Seneca, South Carolina, the state and federal laws intended to protect…
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All courts shall be public, and every person shall have speedy remedy therein for wrongs…
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On June 16, Gov. Nikki Haley announced that Singapore-based Giti Tire would locate a $560…
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S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson can continue a state grand jury investigation of House Speaker…
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Gov. Nikki Haley wasn’t bashful when news broke that the state’s unemployment rate had fallen…
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REFERENDUMS ARE RARELY ABOUT WHAT THEIR SUPPORTERS SAY THEY’RE ABOUT When I speak out against…
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S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell has bragged in recent years that House furloughs save taxpayers…
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S.C. Sen. Paul Campbell serves on the governing board of the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, an…
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A BOARD, A DEPARTMENT, A COMMITTEE, TWO SENATORS, AND NO CLARITY A meeting in the…
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WITHOUT SCPC, YOU BASICALLY DON’T EVEN HAVE A STATE A study recently completed by the Research…