Year: 2018
By RICK BRUNDRETT A proposal by a longtime S.C. senator would siphon millions from…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The special prosecutor assigned to investigate legislative corruption won’t seek the public…
By RICK BRUNDRETT For at least two years, a few members of an obscure state…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A little-known state law allows eligible judges in South Carolina to receive…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As of the end of October, nearly $361 million in collected gas-tax-hike…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce says it didn’t formally offer any taxpayer-backed…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Department of Transportation chief Christy Hall was in a bragging mood…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In the first 15 months of the gas-tax-hike law, the S.C. Department…
Update: S.C. House Speaker Jay Lucas, R-Darlington, on 12/4/18 informed White that he would be…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In requesting this month’s public release of a state grand jury…
By RICK BRUNDRETT After S.C. income taxpayers can no longer claim tax credits to offset…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The number of higher-paid staffers in the S.C. House and Senate keeps…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2015, state colleges and universities have paid a total of more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As of Aug. 31, the state of South Carolina was sitting on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Senate president pro tempore Hugh Leatherman appeared relaxed and confident before…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Tom Fernandez says he was just trying to make a serious point…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation continues to sit on most of the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. lawmakers have once again delayed filling a $107,822 seat on the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2015,14 companies that committed to locating or expanding in South Carolina…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In the first year of a controversial law hiking the state’s gasoline…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As S.C. lawmakers plan to push a massive borrowing bill next year,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT If you receive health-related services from certain state agencies, chances are you…
By RICK BRUNDRETT One year after the state law took effect hiking the gasoline…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Element TV, which announced last week it will close its television assembly…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Plenty of buzz surrounded Element Electronics’ announcement five years ago that it…
By RICK BRUNDRETT An incumbent state Public Service Commission member, a past commissioner and an…
By RICK BRUNDRETT If you’re a parent of a student attending a South Carolina public…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A former top S.C. DOT official and defendant in several employment lawsuits…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Senate president pro tempore Hugh Leatherman – arguably the state’s most…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: The S.C. House on 10/3/18 voted to continue Gov. Henry McMaster’s…
By RICK BRUNDRETT For 10 years, a proviso tucked away in the state budget has…
By RICK BRUNDRETT At last week’s S.C. Department of Transportation Commission meeting, agency head Christy…
By ASHLEY LANDESS The state of South Carolina has a lot of information about you…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When S.C. lawmakers passed the gas-tax-hike bill last year, they promised every…