By RON AIKEN Lawmakers free to sponsor bills to help their businessess Just as Spring is…
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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…
By RON AIKEN So-called public elections rubber stamp single name The Joint Transportation Review Committee…
That’s what he said three years ago, anyway. Over the last several years, The Nerve has…
By RON AIKEN UPDATE: The SCRA today, Feb. 25, announced that CEO Bill Mahoney will…
‘It’s getting out of hand lately’ Last week’s story about John Dalen, the guy who…
By RON AIKEN How conflicts of interest stay out of sight in state government…
By ASHLEY LANDESS Shots fired. Fight ensues. This week Sen. Tom Davis provided us with that…
Lawmakers love to worry about a largely powerless governor getting ‘too much power’ Today the…
Pearce: “Everyone is shaking their heads” In a motion not submitted in time to make…
Is he actually winning? Readers may remember John Dalen, the Westminster native and contractor who…
Last week, the chairman of the South Carolina Department of Transportation Commission, Mike Wooten, took…
By ASHLEY LANDESS ‘There is no bill today that raise taxes.’ Really? Contrary to what…
Sen. Peeler expresses confusion. And who can blame him? This week, the Senate Finance Committee…
In what was likely the last time disgraced former House Speaker Bobby Harrell faced his peers…
By RON AIKEN In emails, Wooten directs DOT staff, county council members to take ‘hard…
Richland County Councilman Kelvin Washington has been removed from from his position as vice chairman…
NOTE: On Monday, The Nerve looked at how South Carolina Research Authority is a state agency shrouded…
“Invisible Kingdom” has $1.5B in Operating Revenues Since 2010 Would you be surprised to learn…