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GET READY TO PAY MORE FOR BAD ROADS At Tuesday’s Senate Finance Committee meeting, members…
Month: April 2015
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On the evening of Feb. 18, the Outdoor Advertising Association of South Carolina and South…
CONVENIENTLY, NO ONE’S RESPONSIBLE. WHICH IS JUST THE WAY LAWMAKERS WANT IT. A few days…
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Last fall, S.C. House Majority Leader Bruce Bannister co-sponsored a proposed House rule that would…
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A SUBSTANTIAL TAX AND FEE HIKE IN EXCHANGE FOR A MICROSCOPIC TAX CUT … SOUNDS…
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SOUTH CAROLINA ROADS AREN’T ALL DEPLORABLE In South Carolina, road funding tends to gravitate to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Leatherman’s son-in-law gets lucrative contract If you’re driving on a state highway…
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DON’T COUNT ON IT. State lawmakers want to raise the gas tax – badly. Legislative…
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In his latest campaign-disclosure report submitted on April 6, Sen. Luke Rankin listed just two…
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SORRY, PEOPLE, WE COULDN’T FIND ANY MONEY IN A $26 BILLION BUDGET FOR A BASIC…
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SPENDING TIME ON THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER “The night cometh, when no man can…
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HOW ONE SCHOOL BOARD AVOIDS PUBLIC SCRUTINY On March 3, 2015, I requested from my…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Virtually everything about them is public, but somehow legislative caucuses aren’t considered…
In her 2014 state-of-the-state speech, Gov. Nikki Haley was clear about requiring politicians to reveal…
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IF YOU WASTED THIS MUCH TIME AT YOUR JOB . . . I’m torn between…
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SOMEBODY‘S RESPONSIBLE, ALL RIGHT The South Carolina State House is a place where a lot…
In announcing its January 2014 meeting, the legislatively controlled Joint Transportation Review Committee had planned…
If this year’s state budget is bleeding profusely, you wouldn’t know it by looking at…
In February, the S.C. Supreme Court was blunt in quickly rejecting a complaint filed by…
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AND SENATOR MALLOY SUDDENLY CARES ABOUT SEPARATION OF POWERS A Tuesday ruling by the Senate’s…
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As of the end of December, 12 sitting S.C. House members had paid $100 fines…