By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, the S.C. Supreme Court suspended Oconee County probate judge Kenneth…
The Nerve
By RICK BRUNDRETT A powerful, legislatively controlled committee is scheduled Thursday to conduct annual reviews…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In a rare move last month, attorneys asked a judge to order…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, the Clemson University Board of Trustees gave president Jim Clements…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When S.C. lawmakers in 2009 first approved massive taxpayer-backed funding for aerospace…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Major repaving or road reconstruction projects in South Carolina could take on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2017, powerful county legislative delegations have approved a total of more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, county legislative delegations – made up of state House…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina will need almost $43 billion more by 2040 to fix…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Out of this fiscal year’s $32.5 billion state budget, more than a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation since 2016 has awarded 56…
By RICK BRUNDRETT E.&J. Gallo Winery, a multibillion-dollar global corporation, will get at least…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers have far more state tax dollars to play with this fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2017, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson has hired at least six…
By RICK BRUNDRETT State-owned utility Santee Cooper’s debt load is projected to grow by more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Santee Cooper’s electric customers are on the hook for billions in debt…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Stuck in a pothole. For the fiscal year that ended June 30,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster quietly appointed the owner of a well-known Columbia restaurant…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last year, S.C. Sen. Kent Williams of Marion County reported receiving a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT What a difference a year can make – especially if you’re a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House and Senate plan to spend millions creating new legislative…
By RICK BRUNDRETT If you want to learn what your county legislative delegation is up…
By RICK BRUNDRETT One day last month, state lawmakers representing Greenville County held separate meetings…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Only three bridge projects have been completed in South Carolina with the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has given five-figure pay hikes to a group…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In vetoing 226 budget earmarks totaling $152.5 million, Gov. Henry McMaster last…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the last five years, state agencies, including public colleges and a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers on Monday sent a strong message in adopting a state budget…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Of the 12 seats on the board governing state-owned utility Santee Cooper,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Proceeds from a $600 million settlement with the federal government over plutonium…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The number of potholes that the S.C. Department of Transportation claims it…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House this week could pass a revised version of the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Ex-S.C. House member Nancy Mace, who was elected last year to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Motorists likely will feel plenty of bumps this Memorial Day weekend as…
BY RICK BRUNDRETT Local governments in South Carolina are expected to collectively receive hundreds of…