Month: February 2019

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Throwback Thursday: the legal budget process (and how lawmakers violate it)

February 28, 2019 The Nerve

In the next couple of weeks, the House will “debate” the budget passed last week…

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Patched potholes: SCDOT estimates numbers, concedes temporary fix

February 27, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT State Department of Transportation work crews patched about 43,000 potholes statewide from…

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High-paid lobbyists pushing SCRA legislation

February 21, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In 2016, Senate Finance Committee chairman Hugh Leatherman introduced a bill that…

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SCRA getting big Commerce payments while seeking revenue-friendly legislation

February 15, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce has paid more than $2.9 million since…

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Taxpayer cost grows for high-priced consultants in wake of V.C. Summer fiasco

February 12, 2019 The Nerve

  By RICK BRUNDRETT Since the 2017 collapse of the V.C. Summer nuclear project –…

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How S.C. lawmakers try to intimidate citizens and groups they don’t like

February 8, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT For years, S.C. lawmakers have repeatedly tried through legislation and other means…

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Senators continue tradition of keeping magistrates on short leashes

February 5, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, state senators largely control the selection of more than…