HOTELS AND ONLINE RENTALS, TAXI CAB COMPANIES AND UBER, ETC. South Carolina politicians are all…
Month: July 2015
Lexington County Council discusses allocating $150,000 for the construction of a road in Chapin to…
ABUSE OF THE LAW CODE ISN’T A CRIME, BUT MAYBE IT OUGHT TO BE Two…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Hard to see how ‘accountability’ applies to this lawmaker When Hugh Leatherman was…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONCEDES MILITARY BENEFIT, RELUCTANTLY Clive is an officer in the U.S. military, and…
A payment by ex-House Speaker Bobby Harrell, after he pleaded guilty in October to misspending…
THIS ISN’T HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO WORK This year’s debate to raise taxes was masqueraded…
‘LIKE SOMETHING FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL’ Since we began inviting readers to tell us their stories…
The S.C. General Assembly’s love of giving itself multimillion-dollar budget hikes is once again in…
IGNORED SENATE BILL WOULD BE A GOOD START This year our Legislature met from January…
WHEN FORGIVENESS IS EASIER TO GET THAN PERMISSION At The Nerve, we don’t condone defying…
For Richland County government, being located in the middle of dysfunction junction has its advantages….
S.C. lawmakers for years have bypassed the normal budget process by quietly slipping in earmarks…
LAWMAKERS IGNORE GOVERNOR’S BUDGET PRIORITIES (AGAIN) While the governor’s vetoes may have totaled a miniscule…
The head of South Carolina’s probation agency says he met with the State Law Enforcement…
OR IS IT A REALLY EXPENSIVE WAY TO THROW STUFF AWAY? Skepticism about the virtues…
A Greenville-based, government watchdog organization is asking the S.C. Supreme Court to declare part of…
DO THE VETOES EVEN MATTER? On Tuesday, Gov. Nikki Haley issued her budget vetoes. This…
When lawmakers claim state funding for higher education has dropped over the years, they typically…