‘Strings attached’ still largely secret South Carolina lawmakers are developing a well-deserved reputation for ignoring…
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Thirty-six agencies asked to adjudicate users of adultery website; most activity in higher ed Can…
Why did the state-run Ports Authority bestow this honor on the very-much-alive Finance Chairman? Don’t…
The state is shackled by debt, and our policymakers like it that way. On Wednesday…
Post and Courier compilation is latest evidence that South Carolina reporters are back on the…
TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS ARE HAVING SECRET MEETINGS ABOUT MAJOR PROJECTS. AND WHO’S GONNA STOP THEM? A…
For South Carolina lawmakers, “ethics reform” is about making it harder to fall afoul of…
‘THE BOTTOM LINE IS GETTING STARTED’ Almost since The Nerve began, we’ve covered the quiet…
IF YOU SEND IT TO GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND IT HOWEVER GOVERNMENT WANTS On Wednesday the…
HOW CAN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK BE IMPROVED? WELL, FOR STARTERS: ELIMINATE IT. With the passage…
IT WOULD SEEM LIKE GOOD NEWS. YET FOR SOME REASON IT ISN’T. On September 8th,…
LEGISLATORS TO PUBLIC: WAIT, WHAT’S THIS COMMITTEE FOR AGAIN? A House oversight committee is seeking…
REPORT BY LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL BACKS UP NERVE STORY, REMINDS US WHY WE NEED MORE AND…
WHAT ‘UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES’? The Charleston Post and Courier has begun a five-part series on students…
IN PERCEPTION VS. REALITY, PERCEPTION TOO OFTEN WINS Any time you hear politicians talking about…
MAYBE WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE DEPARMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS GOOD FOR THE LEGISLATURE, TOO? In May,…
A SIMPLE PRINCIPLE TURNED INTO A COLLECTION OF LOOPHOLES Last week news broke that Attorney…
YOU DON’T News recently broke that the City of Columbia’s minor league baseball team, an…
HOTELS AND ONLINE RENTALS, TAXI CAB COMPANIES AND UBER, ETC. South Carolina politicians are all…
ABUSE OF THE LAW CODE ISN’T A CRIME, BUT MAYBE IT OUGHT TO BE Two…
THIS ISN’T HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO WORK This year’s debate to raise taxes was masqueraded…
‘LIKE SOMETHING FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL’ Since we began inviting readers to tell us their stories…
IGNORED SENATE BILL WOULD BE A GOOD START This year our Legislature met from January…
WHEN FORGIVENESS IS EASIER TO GET THAN PERMISSION At The Nerve, we don’t condone defying…
LAWMAKERS IGNORE GOVERNOR’S BUDGET PRIORITIES (AGAIN) While the governor’s vetoes may have totaled a miniscule…
DO THE VETOES EVEN MATTER? On Tuesday, Gov. Nikki Haley issued her budget vetoes. This…
WHY MUST IT ONLY BE ABOUT FUNDING? The other day I was asked what I…
READ THE FINE PRINT AND THEN ASK: WHO PAID FOR IT? On Tuesday during debate…
AND YOU DIDN’T GET IT DONE The South Carolina General Assembly met from January to…
TWO WORDS: ELECTION YEAR One or more of the following statements are true: (1) lawmakers…
If only these officials would apply as much energy to monitoring their own agencies as…
700 GRAND FOR A QUAIL HATCHERY? I MEAN, SURE, WHY NOT. After six months of…
TIME’S ALMOST UP, AND WE JUST GOT TO THE GOOD PART When debate began Wednesday…
DUMPING MORE MONEY INTO THE SAME SYSTEM WILL YIELD THE SAME RESULTS, MORE EXPENSIVELY On…