By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina’s tourism department for months kept secret from the public…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Legislature spent more than $70,000 for an outside consulting firm…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since July 2013, the S.C. Department of Transportation has paid a total…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As the S.C. House debate last week on the $28 billion-plus state…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Nearly nine months after the state law took effect hiking the gasoline…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In December 2016, the S.C. Department of Commerce quietly announced it was…
By RICK BRUNDRETT At least three S.C. House members – and some of their favorite…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT In the S.C. General Assembly, lawmakers can’t seem to resist pushing legislation…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another taxpayer-funded plan to study pay hikes for top South…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As state-owned utility Santee Cooper was racking up billions in debt –…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: According to a written plea agreement dated 1/22/19, John Hardee agreed…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty is a former state House…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A state transportation commissioner with ties to an advertising company that has…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Time is fast running out for Gov. Henry McMaster to decide whether…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: After this story was published this morning, a Senate Judiciary subcommittee…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A state panel Thursday approved an unspecified amount of taxpayer-backed incentives for…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina’s higher-level judges would receive pay hikes ranging from 20 to…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT One of South Carolina’s most powerful lawmakers would gain even more control…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the years, the state’s utility watchdog acted more like a lapdog…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Public Service Commission members who approved nine rate hikes…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Nearly a decade ago, an influential state legislative committee quietly released a report…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last summer’s stunning news that South Carolina Electric & Gas and its…
In 2012, an intern at The Nerve asked editor Rick Brundrett if she could do…
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Lawmakers are against wasteful spending – in the counties By HANNAH HILL In a House…
Fixing South Carolina’s pension system requires realism By BRYCE FIEDLER The Public Employee Benefit Authority…
Lawmakers want to even the playing field between themselves and the people By HANNAH HILL…
Why Can’t the Governor Pick His Own Advisers? By BRYCE FIEDLER As it turns out,…
In the nukes debacle, Santee Cooper seemed alone and sleepy By BRYCE FIEDLER Chairman Russel…
Comparisons raise questions about how well they’re working for whom By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ When it…
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Problems stem from lack of accountability By BRYCE FIEDLER Every government body deals with its…
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This is economic development at its finest. By BRYCE FIEDLER Since it secured the Volvo…
Regulators move forward with project similar to V.C. Summer By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ Georgia’s Public Service…
Screening process would be “redundant” By HANNAH HILL and BRYCE FIEDLER The screening process for…
Good governance is the expectation by BRYCE FIEDLER There are two important lessons we can…
The SC Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (PRT) is spending money to find out…