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By ASHLEY LANDESS If lawmakers won’t pass a loophole-free income disclosure bill, why not ask…
Month: April 2016
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“You shouldn’t be knowing about it” If you keep up with state politics, you may…
By RON AIKEN DOR takes unprecedented measure to jolt troubled Richland County program into compliance…
By RON AIKEN $4.5M obligated for PR work; also: PDT team still billing county for coffee,…
By ASHLEY LANDESS At the South Carolina State House, corruption is legal and intimidation is…
By RON AIKEN Decision compelling candidates and members to submit banking documents sent before filing…
A reader tells his story. You decide. Yesterday Ron Aiken surveyed a number of ways…
By RON AIKEN Let’s do the numbers. Trying to find out how much executives and…
By RON AIKEN Some State House pols not averse to using government to intimidate opponents, critics…
There’s nothing private about them, but somehow they’re not “public.” Exactly one year ago, The…
By RON AIKEN Employee: Executive director paid board members for protection UPDATE: The day after…
By RON AIKEN County, DOR both prepared to take extreme action in adverse scenario If…
One senator’s telling response Recently we were forwarded an emailed response from Sen. Mike Fair…
By RON AIKEN Thousands of jobs promised, millions spent on research Remember how, back in…
Convoluted proposals aside, it’s not very different from lawmakers’ proxies policing lawmakers. On Tuesday, the…
By RON AIKEN Who’s responsible for the ongoing train wreck: County officials … or the…
From covering costs to gouging Here’s a question worth pondering: When should government charge a…
By RON AIKEN University bought 300K bottles of water for floods, hasn’t donated yet One…