Month: January 2021

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Top lawmakers’ campaign spending didn’t stop with re-election

January 29, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the last three months of 2020, the November general election wasn’t…

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Health agency slowly spending Covid money

January 27, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT A state House proposal would send an additional $63 million out of…

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Plenty of pork in governor’s proposed state spending plan

January 22, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In touting Gov. Henry McMaster’s proposed fiscal 2022 state budget, his office…

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Lawmakers want to grow size of state’s top court – and their control over judges

January 20, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The powerful S.C. House speaker, who controls half of the appointments on…

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Priorities ignored in awarding Covid grants to some SC nonprofits?

January 15, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In announcing recently that 686 nonprofit organizations in South Carolina would receive…

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Lawmakers continue looking after their own business interests

January 13, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As lawmakers return to Columbia this week to consider big issues such…

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New year, same road problems persist in SC

January 8, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to drive over pothole-free…

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Lawmaker-controlled panel violates state law – again

January 6, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has once again violated a state law requiring…