HERE COME THE PROCEDURAL SHENANIGANS With nine legislative days remaining this session, the Senate is…
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A SOLID RÉSUMÉ CAN MEAN A SOLID CONFLICT OF INTEREST, TOO The columnist George Will,…
A SOLID RÉSUMÉ CAN MEAN A SOLID CONFLICT OF INTEREST, TOO The columnist George Will,…
DOES ‘I HAVE NO IDEA’ COUNT AS AN ANSWER? Last Tuesday we told you about…
COINCIDENCE? Last week I warned that problems on the way to passing a gas tax…
VALUE DOWN, COSTS UP So many penetrating criticisms have been leveled at American higher education…
NEW WEB PAGE ALLOWS CITIZENS TO ASK LAWMAKERS SIMPLE QUESTION On Tuesdays for the last…
BUT THOSE “NO’S” ARE ALREADY “SOFT MAYBE’S” The largest tax increase in state history took…
GET READY TO PAY MORE FOR BAD ROADS At Tuesday’s Senate Finance Committee meeting, members…
CONVENIENTLY, NO ONE’S RESPONSIBLE. WHICH IS JUST THE WAY LAWMAKERS WANT IT. A few days…
A SUBSTANTIAL TAX AND FEE HIKE IN EXCHANGE FOR A MICROSCOPIC TAX CUT … SOUNDS…
SOUTH CAROLINA ROADS AREN’T ALL DEPLORABLE In South Carolina, road funding tends to gravitate to…
SORRY, PEOPLE, WE COULDN’T FIND ANY MONEY IN A $26 BILLION BUDGET FOR A BASIC…
SPENDING TIME ON THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER “The night cometh, when no man can…
IF YOU WASTED THIS MUCH TIME AT YOUR JOB . . . I’m torn between…
SOMEBODY‘S RESPONSIBLE, ALL RIGHT The South Carolina State House is a place where a lot…
AND SENATOR MALLOY SUDDENLY CARES ABOUT SEPARATION OF POWERS A Tuesday ruling by the Senate’s…
IT AIN’T ROCKET SCIENCE. IT AIN’T EVEN SCIENCE Members of the South Carolina House pride…
THAT? OH, IT’S JUST THE CONSTITUTION. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT. Members of the S.C. Senate…
WHAT’S THE POINT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IF OFFICIALS CAN KICK THE PUBLIC OUT ANY TIME…
THERE’S THIS THING CALLED THE STATE CONSTITUTION. AND YES, WE STILL HAVE ONE. Legislative meetings…
SUPERSIZE ME (QUIETLY) Every year, it seems, state politicos brawl over comparatively miniscule spending items,…
By JAMIE MURGUIA “It’s good business for me.” A freshmen lawmaker did the unthinkable on…
IT’S ABOUT CAREERS, STUPID I’ve never been accused of taking a rosy view of what…
THAT’LL LEARN ‘EM The South Carolina House recently passed a bill making it a criminal…
PUT DIFFERENTLY: IS THERE ANYTHING THAT’S NOT THE PUBLIC SECTOR? Last month I received in the…
MIND THE FINE PRINT Two thousand fifteen was supposed to be the year of ethics…
SOUTH CAROLINA: WHERE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AIN’T VERY FREE South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act…
A bill now in the legislature, S.143, introduced by Senator Creighton Coleman (D-Fairfield), would end…
GUYS, REFORM ISN’T ABOUT PROTECTING POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS This week House lawmakers passed a bill…
THEY WOULDN’T, WOULD THEY? When some South Carolina lawmakers say “ethics reform,” they don’t mean…
BUT AT LEAST WE HAD A FEW HOURS OF OPEN, HONEST DEBATE It’s only mid-February…
CONFLICTS GALORE Over the last few years, The Nerve has revealed how a workers’ comp…
GO AHEAD, APPLY FOR THIS PERMIT Evan has been a hunter all his life. He’s…