DO THE VETOES EVEN MATTER? On Tuesday, Gov. Nikki Haley issued her budget vetoes. This…
Year: 2015
When lawmakers claim state funding for higher education has dropped over the years, they typically…
SO THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED? Since The Nerve began soliciting stories about government waste and official…
Eight days after pleading guilty to misspending $93,958 from his campaign account, ex-S.C. House Speaker…
WHY MUST IT ONLY BE ABOUT FUNDING? The other day I was asked what I…
‘DON’T MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT FOR YOURSELF’ Ask almost anyone to tell you a story about…
Buried near the bottom of Act 114 of 2007 is one sentence that strips the…
READ THE FINE PRINT AND THEN ASK: WHO PAID FOR IT? On Tuesday during debate…
BAD ROADS AREN’T JUST A COSTLY NUISANCE … THEY’RE DANGEROUS On the morning of March…
‘He couldn’t grasp the possibility that he might not understand the law’ My son and…
Since 2007, Banks Construction Co. has received a total of more than $76 million from…
AND YOU DIDN’T GET IT DONE The South Carolina General Assembly met from January to…
On the S.C. General Assembly’s website, Sen. Larry Grooms lists his occupation only as “Businessman.”…
‘YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP’ Last Tuesday’s story, in which we drew some of…
When ex-S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell pleaded guilty in October to six counts of using…
TWO WORDS: ELECTION YEAR One or more of the following statements are true: (1) lawmakers…
Although the total number of S.C. Department of Transportation workers has dropped slightly in recent…
If only these officials would apply as much energy to monitoring their own agencies as…
Most folks probably think of the State Transportation Infrastructure Bank as just that – a…
700 GRAND FOR A QUAIL HATCHERY? I MEAN, SURE, WHY NOT. After six months of…
Does the state have the authority to charge citizens for exercising their right to work?…
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…
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…
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…
Companies that collectively have received more than $47 million from the S.C. Department of Transportation…
Companies that collectively have received more than $47 million from the S.C. Department of Transportation…
‘IT COSTS TO RIDE’ Three weeks into the South Carolina Policy Council’s project to enable…
B.K. Jones says he was clear about the direction the S.C. Department of Transportation should…
HERE COME THE PROCEDURAL SHENANIGANS With nine legislative days remaining this session, the Senate is…
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,…