The city of Columbia could receive at least $750,000 in commissions from a Connecticut-based company…
Month: August 2015
REPORT BY LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL BACKS UP NERVE STORY, REMINDS US WHY WE NEED MORE AND…
The S.C. Legislature started fiscal 2016 with nearly $30 million in extra general funds – for its…
AN EXTRA TAX ON ARTISAN BREAD? Occasionally – just occasionally – we’re asked questions about…
UPDATE: 8/27/15 – One week after The Nerve first asked the S.C Department of Transportation to explain discrepancies between its…
WHAT ‘UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES’? The Charleston Post and Courier has begun a five-part series on students…
The State Ethics Commission recently found probable cause that freshman Rep. Greg Duckworth violated state…
READERS’ STORIES ABOUT THE FREEDOM TO WORK Last week, the South Carolina Policy Council –…
While the restructuring of state government under a 2014 law supposedly will make it more…
IN PERCEPTION VS. REALITY, PERCEPTION TOO OFTEN WINS Any time you hear politicians talking about…
MAYBE WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE DEPARMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS GOOD FOR THE LEGISLATURE, TOO? In May,…
The city of Columbia will collect tens of thousands of dollars over the next five…
Widening roads where no drivers will appreciate it The topic that fills our in-box more…
The new state Department of Administration paid about $61,000 for a web-based training program on…
A consensus could be developing that something’s got to give with South Carolina’s higher education…
A SIMPLE PRINCIPLE TURNED INTO A COLLECTION OF LOOPHOLES Last week news broke that Attorney…
YOU DON’T News recently broke that the City of Columbia’s minor league baseball team, an…
In recent years, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina has easily ranked as the top-paid vendor…
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO CALL THE OTHER GUY’S BLUFF After a recent solicitation for…
Could South Carolina experience its own Solyndra? A state senator openly raised the question last…
A nearly $1.4 billion settlement this year over alleged investor fraud involving the national credit-rating…