Month: May 2020

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State agencies issue millions in emergency purchase orders amid covid outbreak

May 29, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation initially wanted more than $1 million worth…

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COVID-19 hasn’t infected massive gas-tax-hike surplus

May 22, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Despite reduced traffic in South Carolina over the past two months resulting…

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State health agency spending relatively little from emergency covid funds

May 15, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Since lawmakers in March approved $45 million in emergency funding for the…

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State agency can order quarantine of COVID-19 victims

May 6, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Among the provisions in Gov. Henry McMaster’s emergency orders is one allowing…

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Some SC school board members now have far more power during covid emergency

May 1, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, public school boards have broad powers, such as hiring…