Almost instantly after unanimous passage in the House and a 39-4 favorable vote in the Senate, lawmakers and…
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By ASHLEY LANDESS The Legislature passed a restructuring bill and eliminated the Budget and Control…
Under the Title 1, Chapter 7, Article 1 statutory scheme, there’s apparently only one reason…
South Carolina politicians are masters at promising one thing and doing the opposite. From ethics…
The decision this week by Attorney General Alan Wilson and State Law Enforcement Division Chief…
By ASHLEY LANDESS We’re expanding Medicaid all right. We’re just not calling it ‘Obamacare.’ Many…
If you’re an elected official in South Carolina, it’s reasonably likely that you’ve come across…
Here in South Carolina, we’ve created a monster. It’s called government-driven economic development. The ugly…
The Taxpayer-Funded Road to Nowhere By Ashley Landess One of my friends recently said about…
Double Standards for the Big Boys By Ashley Landess What do former Lieutenant Governor Ken…
From the Editor: The Nerve office will be closed today and tomorrow in observance of…
Window-Dressing Ethics Reform By Ashley Landess Watching the gaggle of South Carolina politicians perform like…
Voting rights did not come easily or quickly to women or to African Americans in …
The Power-Trip Parade By Ashley Landess James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers that “The…
Journalists and commentators at the country’s major metropolitan news organizations are forever trying to figure…
Which is Worse: Raising Your Voice or Milking the System? By Ashley Landess There’s a…
Almost five months ago, the South Carolina Policy Council,The Nerve’s parent organization, published a policy analysis explaining what exactly…
South Carolina’s Secret Government By Ashley Landess Last week, Nerve editor Rick Brundrett wrote an article about…
Last week, The Nerve’s Rick Brundrett published a piece about S.C. Senator Luke Rankin’s income. Sen. Rankin, Brundrett…
The Hucksterism of our Legislative Elite As a general rule, we permit our politicians to…
Credit Where It Isn’t Due By Ashley Landess I was recently reminded by a South…
There are basically two kinds of local government structures: the “strong-council-weak-mayor” form, or the “strong-mayor-weak-council”…
What Exactly Are We Transforming? By Ashley Landess Business leaders recently announced a new education…
Nearly five months after the TransformSC initiative was unveiled by New Carolina (“South Carolina’s Council on…
A Cluster Indeed By Ashley Landess In August of 2008, South Carolina legislative leaders held…
The redistribution of wealth is alive and well in the Upstate . At the September…
Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Nerve Citizen Reporter Alexandra Allman of Rock…
By Ashley Landess We often say about the South Carolina Policy Council that without us,…
When people who hold vastly different political views come together on the same side of…
While South Carolina elected officials were busy this past session indebting South Carolina taxpayers an…