Month: October 2018

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SLED won’t release investigative file on former S.C. House speaker

October 31, 2018 The Nerve

  By RICK BRUNDRETT In requesting this month’s public release of a state grand jury…

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Huge shortfalls projected in state fund for gas tax credits

October 25, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT After S.C. income taxpayers can no longer claim tax credits to offset…

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Number of higher-paid S.C. House, Senate staffers increasing

October 19, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The number of higher-paid staffers in the S.C. House and Senate keeps…

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S.C. universities paying lobbyists as student tuition, school debt loads rise

October 17, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2015, state colleges and universities have paid a total of more…

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$312 million in gas-tax-hike funds unspent through August

October 10, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As of Aug. 31, the state of South Carolina was sitting on…

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Lawmakers easily override governor’s vetoes on pet projects

October 8, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Senate president pro tempore Hugh Leatherman appeared relaxed and confident before…

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SCDOT critic sues after banned from agency’s Facebook page

October 3, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Tom Fernandez says he was just trying to make a serious point…