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By RICK BRUNDRETT Through largely hidden budget earmarks, S.C. senators have proposed a total of…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT As S.C. lawmakers move closer to banning liberal ESG factors in state…
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By Dallas Woodhouse Bills under consideration in the S.C. Legislature would remove a quirk in…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Citizens would have far easier access to state and local government records…
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Update 2/22/23: Sen. Josh Kimbrell, R-Spartanburg, introduced a bill (S. 559) today that would ban…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: 5/4/23 – Gov. Henry McMaster signed S.39 into law. The House…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Jeremy Sark says he’s no longer worried about Mauldin officials closing his…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT State retirement funds could not be invested based on controversial environmental, social…
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To Our Readers: The Nerve is not planning to publish new stories this week and…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. municipalities and counties that ban short-term rentals would face the loss…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT A state senator-lawyer wants the six-figure salaries of S.C. judges to be…
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By Dallas Woodhouse One of South Carolina’s early governors – and one of the nation’s…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Most South Carolina workers probably don’t receive big retirement checks from their…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. voters in Tuesday’s general election easily approved constitutional amendments to increase…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The South Carolina Policy Council – The Nerve’s parent organization – and…
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Preview in new tab By RICK BRUNDRETT Last year, dozens of state judges attended one…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT In less than three months, Jeremy Sark’s U-Haul dealership on North Main…
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Preview in new tab By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: Circuit Court judge Daniel Hall on 9/27/22…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina voters in November will decide whether to approve constitutional amendments…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina is among a group of states investigating a major investment…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT More than a year after the federal government’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief plan…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Editor’s note: Today’s story is the second of two initial articles on…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Editor’s note: The Nerve today is featuring the first of two initial…
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Editor’s Note: The following article, written by SCPC Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse, was published originally…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. residents generally support using public money to allow children to attend…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Just days before a legislative conference committee approved a compromise tax-cut bill,…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The Biden administration and Democratic-controlled U.S. House collectively have been focusing on…
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Preview in new tab By RICK BRUNDRETT Two major investment management firms that handle a…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT In a letter last year to Cromer Food Services, one of the…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Imagine a small business applying for a bank loan and being rejected…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster reported a collective $64,130 in gifts and covered trip…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Of the more than $1 billion in state and federal funding provided…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Two S.C. House bills that would temporarily suspend the state gasoline tax…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The state’s top court next week will consider whether S.C. attorney general…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Under state court rules, judges must avoid even the “appearance of impropriety”…