By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House and Senate plan to spend millions creating new legislative…
Year: 2021
By RICK BRUNDRETT If you want to learn what your county legislative delegation is up…
By RICK BRUNDRETT One day last month, state lawmakers representing Greenville County held separate meetings…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Only three bridge projects have been completed in South Carolina with the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has given five-figure pay hikes to a group…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In vetoing 226 budget earmarks totaling $152.5 million, Gov. Henry McMaster last…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the last five years, state agencies, including public colleges and a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers on Monday sent a strong message in adopting a state budget…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Of the 12 seats on the board governing state-owned utility Santee Cooper,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Proceeds from a $600 million settlement with the federal government over plutonium…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The number of potholes that the S.C. Department of Transportation claims it…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House this week could pass a revised version of the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Ex-S.C. House member Nancy Mace, who was elected last year to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Motorists likely will feel plenty of bumps this Memorial Day weekend as…
BY RICK BRUNDRETT Local governments in South Carolina are expected to collectively receive hundreds of…
BY RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2015, two sitting House members have owed thousands in civil fines…
BY RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. lawmakers routinely approve naming road sections and bridges for living or…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The Senate’s version of the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year…
By RICK BRUNDRETT An attorney who works in a state senator’s law firm is Spartanburg…
By RICK BRUNDRETT No matter who’s in charge, state government in South Carolina just keeps…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Through March, a special fund created with the state gas-tax-hike law had…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. senators want to spend nearly $108 million next fiscal year on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the past three years, the S.C. Department of Transportation denied a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT State lawmakers are continuing to push bills that would increase legislative delegations’…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Unlike panels overseeing other state agencies, the governing boards of the state-created…
By RICK BRUNDRETT If there’s one power that S.C. senators likely will never relinquish…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Claiming that many lawmakers had little or no notice of a $550…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the past four years as South Carolina’s governor, Henry McMaster received…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In its latest annual report, the S.C. Department of Transportation claimed it…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Nearly $30 million in tax dollars could flow next fiscal year through…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Like spring flowers, bills showcasing the powers of county legislative delegations are…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When the full S.C. House meets next week to debate the fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A new Port of Charleston terminal – named after powerful S.C. Sen….
By RICK BRUNDRETT Two years ago, lawmakers created the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, a stand-alone…
By RICK BRUNDRETT If an ethics complaint is filed against a South Carolina judge, in…