Why did the state-run Ports Authority bestow this honor on the very-much-alive Finance Chairman? Don’t…
Year: 2015
Remember that momentous reform of state government in 2014? Neither do we. In January of…
Inspector General wants better system In South Carolina state government, annual accountability reports (AARs) no…
‘I don’t think I’ll contact them again’ Over the last few weeks we’ve received several…
Instability at the highest levels of DOT characterizes 2014-15 Sent to the governor’s office just…
Before deciding revenue is the answer, consider where the revenue would go. South Carolina is…
How election losers get punished by South Carolina’s system of “ethics” fines Arnold Karr started…
By RON AIKEN State’s transportation agency crippled by internal conflicts, allegations of corruption In the…
The state is shackled by debt, and our policymakers like it that way. On Wednesday…
Post and Courier compilation is latest evidence that South Carolina reporters are back on the…
Why tax cuts and spending cuts are well nigh impossible in GOP-dominated South Carolina Eleven years…
WHERE’D THIS ROUNDABOUT COME FROM? AND WHO ASKED FOR THIS MEDIAN? Last Friday’s column by…
South Carolina’s top court has agreed to hear two related cases dealing with part of…
TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS ARE HAVING SECRET MEETINGS ABOUT MAJOR PROJECTS. AND WHO’S GONNA STOP THEM? A…
In fiscal 2013, the S.C. Department of Transportation outsourced 70 percent of its total expenditures,…
A small state agency that was given the power under a law passed last year…
DALEN STILL WON’T PAY FOR BIZ LICENSE Readers may recall John Dalen, the contractor and…
As hundreds of bills slogged their way through the General Assembly earlier this year, one…
For South Carolina lawmakers, “ethics reform” is about making it harder to fall afoul of…
‘THE BOTTOM LINE IS GETTING STARTED’ Almost since The Nerve began, we’ve covered the quiet…
In a Sept. 1 letter to ex-S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell, House Ethics Committee Chairman…
YOU MIGHT BE ENTITLED TO A TAX BREAK ON THAT PURCHASE. BUT DON’T EXPECT ANYBODY…
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Nerve’s editor is on vacation. In lieu of the normal story lineup,…
IF YOU SEND IT TO GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND IT HOWEVER GOVERNMENT WANTS On Wednesday the…
HOW CAN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK BE IMPROVED? WELL, FOR STARTERS: ELIMINATE IT. With the passage…
Below is a list of the 25 highest total payments in 2014 by companies, trade…
IT WOULD SEEM LIKE GOOD NEWS. YET FOR SOME REASON IT ISN’T. On September 8th,…
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Nerve’s editor is on vacation over the next week. In lieu of the normal…
LEGISLATORS TO PUBLIC: WAIT, WHAT’S THIS COMMITTEE FOR AGAIN? A House oversight committee is seeking…
IT’S ONLY PENNIES, RIGHT? HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PENNIES Last week, a Charleston resident asked…
The city of Columbia could receive at least $750,000 in commissions from a Connecticut-based company…
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…