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700 GRAND FOR A QUAIL HATCHERY? I MEAN, SURE, WHY NOT. After six months of…
Month: May 2015
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Does the state have the authority to charge citizens for exercising their right to work?…
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When it comes to road repairs, planning mistakes can lead to big taxpayer bills. Take…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When it comes to Florence County, the State Transportation Infrastructure Bank apparently…
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A SIMPLE PRINCIPLE, TOO OFTEN FORGOTTEN Elected officials at every level – municipal, county, state…
TIME’S ALMOST UP, AND WE JUST GOT TO THE GOOD PART When debate began Wednesday…
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DUMPING MORE MONEY INTO THE SAME SYSTEM WILL YIELD THE SAME RESULTS, MORE EXPENSIVELY On…
Mike Wooten, the S.C. Department of Transportation Commission’s vice chairman, freely admits his Myrtle Beach…
For high-level state Department of Transportation engineers or administrators, it’s apparently not difficult to make…
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Companies that collectively have received more than $47 million from the S.C. Department of Transportation…
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Companies that collectively have received more than $47 million from the S.C. Department of Transportation…
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‘IT COSTS TO RIDE’ Three weeks into the South Carolina Policy Council’s project to enable…
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B.K. Jones says he was clear about the direction the S.C. Department of Transportation should…
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HERE COME THE PROCEDURAL SHENANIGANS With nine legislative days remaining this session, the Senate is…
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A SOLID RÉSUMÉ CAN MEAN A SOLID CONFLICT OF INTEREST, TOO The columnist George Will,…
A SOLID RÉSUMÉ CAN MEAN A SOLID CONFLICT OF INTEREST, TOO The columnist George Will,…
For high-level state Department of Transportation engineers or administrators, it’s apparently not difficult to make…
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DOES ‘I HAVE NO IDEA’ COUNT AS AN ANSWER? Last Tuesday we told you about…
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COINCIDENCE? Last week I warned that problems on the way to passing a gas tax…
VALUE DOWN, COSTS UP So many penetrating criticisms have been leveled at American higher education…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina cutting back on road maintenance? Average annual funding for the…
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NEW WEB PAGE ALLOWS CITIZENS TO ASK LAWMAKERS SIMPLE QUESTION On Tuesdays for the last…
Rep. Derham Cole had high praise for Woodrow “Woody” Willard after he and other state…
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BUT THOSE “NO’S” ARE ALREADY “SOFT MAYBE’S” The largest tax increase in state history took…