By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ Bank spending in well-worn groove Billions of dollars flow through South Carolina…
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By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ Construction advocates bring convenient report Another player emerged yesterday in the…
By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ Some data say SC’s, like the nation’s, aren’t that bad “The state’s…
By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ $57 million spent on Bank of America cards Vendors made billions of…
By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ Some seeking tax hike get hundreds of millions Since 2014, at least…
By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ Docs could be made to join advocacy group Manufacturers such as Boeing…
By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ Superintendent not sure how money can be recovered The Department of Education…
BY ELISABETH PARKER Where is it? In those ‘carry-forwards’ Every year around this time, state…
We’ve got naughty covered The Nerve began the year with a closer look at some…
By ROBERT MEYEROWITZ One lawmaker gets indicted while many do just fine The sweeping indictments…
BY PHILLIP CEASE Legislation will move more easily to law On Tuesday, the state Senate…
BY HANNAH HILL Don’t do what we do, they say, declining to turn in assignments…
BY DUNCAN TAYLOR They lobby the state for benefits – while getting state benefits With…
By HANNAH HILL Something does not compute here Most state agencies aren’t following the law…
By HANNAH HILL There’s more to lawmakers’ salary than 10 grand Lawmakers complain frequently that…
By PHILLIP CEASE For Ports Authority spending, opacity is the rule A recent investigation by The…
By ELISABETH PARKER A family affair? In South Carolina, lawmakers directly appoint members of state university…
By PHILLIP CEASE Sometimes it’s a secret. Sometimes it’s not. Earlier this year, The Nerve…
By PHILLIP CEASE The lopsidedness is striking After more than a decade of nearly annual…
By DUNCAN TAYLOR What counts as ‘official state business’? Most taxpayers would agree that use…
By PHILLIP CEASE A look at who you’re feeding, and how much it costs In…
By DUNCAN TAYLOR The biggest unpaid ‘tickets’ If you have the misfortune of receiving a…
By ELISABETH PARKER A look at the State House’s top influencers As of August 17, the…
By HANNAH HILL ‘This congressman is still in Washington . . . I’ll just stop at…
By PHILLIP CEASE Want a top-salaried government job at a low-profile agency? Try working at the…
By HANNAH HILL How ‘holdover’ status gives some senators unchecked power over judges Four years ago, The Nerve’s…
By RON AIKEN One leave of absence, two write-ups the extent of discipline taken Like…
By RON AIKEN After Nerve story, penny group pays $26K in fines, fees for retroactive business…
By RON AIKEN Of course, since lawmakers wrote the laws, it’s entirely legal. Influence is…
Disputes over schedules, fees threaten progress of rural arm of program If foul things roll…
By RON AIKEN Multiple letters over years spelled out problems with agency, executive director Before he…
By RON AIKEN Hiott also paid son as campaign manager while enrolled at USC How can an…
By RON AIKEN Penny Tax Development Team LLC never got city, county business licenses The Richland…
By RON AIKEN CAE travel spending second-highest in Southeast, five times that of Charleston A…
By RON AIKEN Property Leatherman owns could benefit from Hwy 51 widening For years now,…