Month: July 2019

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Landing on easy street: Sen. Campbell’s airport contract offers generous pay, perks

July 31, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Longtime state Sen. Paul Campbell gets plenty of perks as the Charleston…

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Interstate projects paid with gas-tax-hike revenues: priority for roads alliance?

July 26, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT On its Facebook page Thursday, the nonprofit South Carolina Alliance to Fix…

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Throwback Thursday: Lawmakers not addressing real lack of educational accountability

July 25, 2019 The Nerve

This month the Senate Education Committee resumed hearings on its version of the education omnibus…

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College president millionaire’s club growing in South Carolina

July 24, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As the new University of South Carolina president, Robert Caslen likely will…

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Ex-DOT commissioner Hardee was dealmaker for program that collected state money, funded political campaigns

July 19, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: 8/8/2019 – The S.C. Attorney General’s Office in a letter to…

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Key details in Volvo cost-benefit analyses kept secret by S.C. Commerce

July 12, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT More than four years after officials announced that Volvo would locate in…

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Did lawmakers violate open-meetings law in DOT Commission appointment?

July 10, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT An Upstate legislative delegation might have skirted the state’s open-meetings law last…

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How one S.C. senator can control the appointment of county magistrates

July 2, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Senate’s quiet move at the end of last week’s special…