Remember, our judiciary is far from independent. As the ongoing battle between Attorney General Alan…
Month: March 2016
By RON AIKEN Haley could have named successor herself, avoided special election After waiting too…
Legislative leaders can make exceptions for their favorites, but who pays the price when the…
By RON AIKEN Deal allows USC to finish Innovista project, outsource IT With a rubber-stamped…
What about anonymous employment of lawmakers? In her Tuesday column for The State, Cindi Ross…
By RON AIKEN Lawmakers free to sponsor bills to help their businessess Just as Spring is…
Groups critical of legislation ‘exist for the purpose of getting people ginned up so they…
By RON AIKEN Beach houses, pyramid schemes, mismanagement riddle $80M program As the University of South Carolina…
By ASHLEY LANDESS Some State House pols too busy calling citizen groups ‘liars’ to notice…
Apparent bullying, loopholes, secret sign-offs for unethical conduct … Welcome to the debate over ‘ethics reform.’…
By RON AIKEN Bill allows non-profit to help set, collect business tax fees If H.5109,…
Money spent. Alarm installed. Happy now? Last summer we heard from an Upstate preschool teacher…
By RON AIKEN Duplicate systems purchased at enormous cost, reasons doubted BREAKING UPDATE: Multiple sources have confirmed…
By ASHLEY LANDESS Senate ‘compromise’ was lawmakers telling citizens what citizens wanted. It’s bad enough…
By RON AIKEN Budgets “inaccurate,” invoices piling up, federal funds jeopardized A new, $34.8 million…
By THE EDITORS Oh, the things they say on Facebook! Here at The Nerve, we…
By RON AIKEN Commission already funded better than peers, unimpressed council says Speaking to Richland…
Last year, The Nerve began an at-times contentious conversation with the South Carolina Department of Transportation…
By HANNAH HILL Finding out who is in a legislative delegation is harder than you…