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Questions still remain after the S.C. Research Authority responded to an S.C. Freedom of Information Act…
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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Sen. Joel Lourie, D-Richland, questions Gov. Nikki Haley’s chief of staff Tim Pearson on whether…
A member of the Retirement Ad Hoc Committee highlights some of the causes behind the…
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Alan Grimsley of the accounting firm of Derrick Stubbs & Stith presents his report on…
McNair Law Firm attorney Francenia Heizer, speaking at the Nov. 14 Lexington Richland District 5…
The last of South Carolina’s 80-plus school districts has finally posted its check register online,…
A handful of legislators surveyed by The Nerve says the General Assembly has failed to…
Chapin High School sophomore class president Matteo Macaluso singled out Lexington-Richland District 5 school board…
Treasurer Curtis Loftis asks S.C. Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt during the Nov. 4 Budget and…
Treasurer Curtis Loftis questions S.C. Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt on an incentives plan being discussed…
It’s been nearly seven weeks since The Nerve sent SC Launch a state Freedom of…
After a brief explanation of how the state Infrastructure Bank works, S.C. Comptroller General Richard…
Treasurer Curtis Loftis expresses his displeasure with problems at the S.C. Department of Transportation to…
An inverse connection between issues and costs was evident during Thursday’s Budget and Control Board…
Speaking during the public participation portion of the Oct. 24 Lexington-Richland School District 5 board…
There’s no doubt that University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides is well-educated. With a…
When Lexington-Richland School District 5 Chief Financial Officer Karl Fulmer is asked if the district’s…
Lexington-Richland School District 5 board member Beth Watson takes umbrage when fellow board member Kim…
It’s been more than a year since South Carolina school districts began posting their spending…
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By KEVIN DIETRICH IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST . . . BUT IT DOES After…
The goal of the Certified SC Grown program is to enable consumers to “easily identify, find…
Lexington-Richland School District 5 effectively gutted a popular current issues course taught by Dutch Fork…
SLED Director Mark Keel tells a Midlands-area high school class about how SLED is funded…
Going once, going twice … a rare chance to shrink South Carolina state government ……
There are a number of ways to improve the efficiency of South Carolina state government,…
SLED Director Mark Keel describes the purpose behind his organization to a Midlands-area high school…
It’s been 50 years since the groundwork for the S.C. Technical College System was laid….
You’ve likely never heard the name, but if things work out for startup NextRay Inc.,…
South Carolina is now just one school district away from achieving 100 percent compliance with…
Wind-power advocates are turning up the heat in their efforts to push for increased public…
State Sen. Dick Elliott is not only pushing forward with a goal of capping wholesale…
Six months after state auditors called for more efficient administration of the South Carolina National…
For an organization that purports to favor such free market ideals as fostering competitiveness, enhancing…
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By KEVIN DIETRICH More than two years after the South Carolina Policy Council first reported…
It’s been nearly half a century since the South Carolina lieutenant governor’s seat has been…