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Year: 2021
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation wants approval to spend about $139 million…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Four senator-lawyers who, or their law firms, received workers’ compensation fees last…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce wants $100 million more in state funding…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee that screens judges ruled last week that a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In a repeat of last year, the S.C. Judicial Department is resisting…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. lawmakers would receive an annual $18,000 pay hike under a House…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, a legislatively controlled committee quietly approved five-figure salary hikes for…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Nearly half of South Carolina’s 46 counties were charging annual road maintenance…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers just can’t resist trying to exert more power over another…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When it comes to South Carolina history, some state officials might need…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another round of raises for higher-paid S.C. House and Senate…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As a special legislative panel considers a yet-to-be-revealed road funding proposal, the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Hugh Weathers, South Carolina’s agriculture commissioner, dubbed the project as the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Once again, the state’s chief revenue forecasters have grossly overestimated the popularity…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, the S.C. Supreme Court suspended Oconee County probate judge Kenneth…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A powerful, legislatively controlled committee is scheduled Thursday to conduct annual reviews…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In a rare move last month, attorneys asked a judge to order…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, the Clemson University Board of Trustees gave president Jim Clements…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When S.C. lawmakers in 2009 first approved massive taxpayer-backed funding for aerospace…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Major repaving or road reconstruction projects in South Carolina could take on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2017, powerful county legislative delegations have approved a total of more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, county legislative delegations – made up of state House…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina will need almost $43 billion more by 2040 to fix…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Out of this fiscal year’s $32.5 billion state budget, more than a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation since 2016 has awarded 56…
By RICK BRUNDRETT E.&J. Gallo Winery, a multibillion-dollar global corporation, will get at least…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers have far more state tax dollars to play with this fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2017, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson has hired at least six…
By RICK BRUNDRETT State-owned utility Santee Cooper’s debt load is projected to grow by more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Santee Cooper’s electric customers are on the hook for billions in debt…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Stuck in a pothole. For the fiscal year that ended June 30,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster quietly appointed the owner of a well-known Columbia restaurant…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last year, S.C. Sen. Kent Williams of Marion County reported receiving a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT What a difference a year can make – especially if you’re a…