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A zoning case in Oconee County offers evidence of what can happen when the interests…
Kevin Dietrich
Kevin Dietrich joined the South Carolina Policy Council in March 2009 as an Investigative Reporter.
Prior to joining the Policy Council, Kevin spent nearly 15 years as a journalist, including nearly five years as a business reporter withThe State newspaper in Columbia. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers in Florida, California, New Hampshire and Maine.
Kevin was also an account manager for The Adams Group, a Columbia strategic marketing firm, and before that served as a speechwriter for South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.
Kevin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Maine, with a concentration in History.
You can contact Kevin at kevin@thenerve.org or call (803) 254-4411.
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A new Nerve initiative in which Citizen Reporters monitor and report on their legislative delegations…
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Government entities rarely look the budget gift horse in the mouth, but if the S.C….
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Two years after more than a dozen state senators requested a review of the state’s…
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Open-government advocates expressed disappointment Thursday as a bill that would have strengthened South Carolina’s notoriously…
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With just days remaining in the General Assembly’s regular session, time is short if a…
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South Carolina loves to roll out the red carpet for big corporations. Over the past…
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The state budgeting process would seem at first blush relatively simple: An agency determines what…
By KEVIN DIETRICH For nearly two years, then-Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer and his staff…
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When Gov. Nikki Haley took the S.C. Senate to task earlier this week for not…
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Talbert Black, a Citizen Reporter for The Nerve who lives in Lexington, recently posed questions…
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While tens of thousands of South Carolina state workers were spending last Thursday away from…
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Clemson University received approval Wednesday to boost the budget for its Lowcountry wind turbine test…
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Aspiring South Carolina lawyers must spend 1,200 hours in the classroom; conversely, the schooling requirement…
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Mary Atkinson, a Citizen Reporter for The Nerve who lives in Lancaster, recently posed questions…
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Plans by the University of South Carolina to move forward on a $26.8 million “upfit”…
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Fully 70 percent of the chairmen of key S.C. legislative committees have agreed to record…
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Dreaming of making the Atlantic brief squid the official state cephalopod? How about poison ivy…
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A sizeable number of Hilton Head Island residents oppose the potential establishment of a gambling…
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Say one thing for the Boeing Co.: The aerospace giant understands how to play the…
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Another high-ranking S.C. Research Authority executive is leaving the state agency. Rick Self, president of…
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If Gov. Nikki Haley has one signature issue, it’s job creation. At one point last…
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Francis Marion University might appear to be straying a bit afield with its new research…
The city of Columbia doesn’t so much have a reputation for being anti-business as it…
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Imagine you run a business. You’re not very good at things mechanical or electrical, but…
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The former chairman of the S.C. Research Authority said he’s not surprised by high turnover…
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A bill that would take the “S.C. Fresh on the Campus” program statewide recently received…
For an agency that pays extremely well, the S.C. Research Authority appears to have an…
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Oconee County zoning regulations are continuing to create dissension within the county, according to at…
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One of the duties of Gov. Nikki Haley’s press office is to compile the chief…
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Consultant recommendations for Lexington County’s Pelion Airport include extending the runway to enable it to…
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Don’t let it be said that at least some members of the S.C. General Assembly…
A Senate Education Committee Wednesday voted 9-3 in favor of a bill that would allow…
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Citizens and statewide associations alike voiced concern Wednesday during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing over…
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Property rights advocates are hopping mad over companion bills in the General Assembly that would…