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By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another round of state lawmakers supporting legislation that could fatten…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House and Senate know how to take care of each…
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State lawmakers have borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars to benefit specific companies — which…
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By ASHLEY LANDESS Most Nerve readers know that South Carolina’s governor doesn’t control transportation, education,…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT When it comes to debt, the state of South Carolina is swimming…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Reps. Bruce Bannister and Dwight Loftis want $5 million in state…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT If you ask the S.C. Department of Transportation how many potholes it…
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Lawmakers have now created two separate committees to explore the sale of state-owned utility Santee…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Ex-S.C. Rep. Mike Pitts’ decision this week to drop his quest to…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the years, lawmakers have legally made it easy for themselves to…
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In the next couple of weeks, the House will “debate” the budget passed last week…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT State Department of Transportation work crews patched about 43,000 potholes statewide from…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In 2016, Senate Finance Committee chairman Hugh Leatherman introduced a bill that…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce has paid more than $2.9 million since…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Since the 2017 collapse of the V.C. Summer nuclear project –…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT For years, S.C. lawmakers have repeatedly tried through legislation and other means…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, state senators largely control the selection of more than…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The state transportation department plans to spend well more than a third…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Last June, S.C. Department of Transportation commissioner Robert “Robby” Robbins questioned agency…
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Update: On 2/6/19, the Legislature in a joint session voted 99-1 to elect former longtime…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina taxpayers last fiscal year shelled out more than $50,000 to…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, the S.C. Department of Transportation announced it was launching a…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Agriculture, which for years has been involved with…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Private citizens could be forced to testify before and turn over their…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT A proposal by a longtime S.C. senator would siphon millions from…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The special prosecutor assigned to investigate legislative corruption won’t seek the public…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT For at least two years, a few members of an obscure state…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT A little-known state law allows eligible judges in South Carolina to receive…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT As of the end of October, nearly $361 million in collected gas-tax-hike…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce says it didn’t formally offer any taxpayer-backed…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Department of Transportation chief Christy Hall was in a bragging mood…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT In the first 15 months of the gas-tax-hike law, the S.C. Department…
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Update: S.C. House Speaker Jay Lucas, R-Darlington, on 12/4/18 informed White that he would be…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT In requesting this month’s public release of a state grand jury…