The $12,000-per-lawmaker pay raise proposed earlier this year would have added millions of dollars in…
Year: 2014
THE NEED TO ‘DO SOMETHING’ MIGHT HAVE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES We all hate people who text…
When a special S.C. House committee meets Tuesday, it is expected to begin debate about…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Details emerge in Wilson’s recusal and transfer of Harrell case S.C. Attorney…
TOO BAD THE SPEAKER WAS EXEMPT FROM FOIA Most observers – outside the State House,…
Over a year ago, The Nerve and its parent organization, the South Carolina Policy Council,…
There doesn’t seem to be much interest right now among S.C. legislators to eliminate a…
In South Carolina, if you steal more than $2,000 from where you work or shop,…
IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN PRESIDING OVER THE HOUSE Wednesday’s grand jury indictment of Bobby Harrell…
On September 10, 2014, House Speaker Bobby Harrell was indicted by a Richland County grand…
Update: 9/11/14, 6:30 p.m. – House Speaker Pro Tempore Jay Lucas informed suspended Speaker Bobby…
Longtime S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell faces possible suspension from office after a Richland County…
The College of Charleston’s new president, Glenn McConnell, didn’t waste any time telling students that…
HEY SOUTH CAROLINA: TAKE IT EASY ON MY TRANSMISSION! Last weekend, I drove up to…
In August 2011, state and local officials were beaming about the planned location of 5-STAR…
THE LAST WORD PROBABLY WON’T COME FROM THE LEAST RELIABLE SOURCE In the weeks since…
An independent research organization focusing on transportation and infrastructure, TRIP, recently ranked South Carolina’s roads as some…
‘SUBSISTENCE’ PAYMENTS ADD UP When Glenn McConnell was the state’s lieutenant governor last year, he…
GET TO WORK, GUYS South Carolina has one of the longest sessions in the nation,…
A Greenville-based government watchdog organization is asking a judge to declare – without a trial…
Intellectually or physically disabled clients under the care of at least three local service providers…
The Nerve has written extensively about job-creation announcements by Gov. Nikki Haley and state commerce…
It’s that time of year again when S.C. agencies are preparing their proposed budgets for…
IT MAY ANNOY YOU, BUT IT BEATS FISCAL COLLAPSE I’ll admit, when the A.L.S. Ice…
The Marriott Grande Dunes hotel on its website bills itself as a “stunning gateway in…
When The Nerve began in 2010, there was no news source exclusively and consistently aimed…
On Saturday, House Speaker Bobby Harrell announced in a closed meeting of the House Republican…
When former Columbia city employee Faye Goodson was sentenced in 2000 for orchestrating what was…
WANT AN EXEMPTION? EXPLAIN WHY. Recently, some citizens of Beaufort County have suggested that another…
In announcing Saturday that S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson had handed over his case to…
House Speaker Bobby Harrell announced this morning the state grand jury investigation of him has…
A COSTLY SPECIAL SESSION TO CONSIDER TWO INSIGNIFICANT BILLS? I’M NOT BUYING IT. A sense of…
The University of South Carolina’s Board of Trustees recently recommended that President Harris Pastides’ “private”…
While Gov. Nikki Haley recently expressed frustration about 350 immigrant children placed with sponsors in…
IT WOULD HAVE SHED A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE STATE BUDGET. OH WELL. Your state…