By RON AIKEN We report. They investigate. UPDATE 5/18: A source confirms to The Nerve that…
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By RON AIKEN University boards starting to look like legislative family reunions. The practice of nepotism…
By RON AIKEN Since Operation Lost Trust, no lawmakers have gone to jail It’s a…
By RON AIKEN Talk about ‘dark money’ While lawmakers have touted the evils of so-called…
By RON AIKEN DOR takes unprecedented measure to jolt troubled Richland County program into compliance…
By RON AIKEN $4.5M obligated for PR work; also: PDT team still billing county for coffee,…
By RON AIKEN Decision compelling candidates and members to submit banking documents sent before filing…
By RON AIKEN Some State House pols not averse to using government to intimidate opponents, critics…
By RON AIKEN Employee: Executive director paid board members for protection UPDATE: The day after…
By RON AIKEN County, DOR both prepared to take extreme action in adverse scenario If…
By RON AIKEN Thousands of jobs promised, millions spent on research Remember how, back in…
By RON AIKEN Who’s responsible for the ongoing train wreck: County officials … or the…
By RON AIKEN University bought 300K bottles of water for floods, hasn’t donated yet One…
By RON AIKEN Haley could have named successor herself, avoided special election After waiting too…
By RON AIKEN Deal allows USC to finish Innovista project, outsource IT With a rubber-stamped…
By RON AIKEN Lawmakers free to sponsor bills to help their businessess Just as Spring is…
By RON AIKEN Beach houses, pyramid schemes, mismanagement riddle $80M program As the University of South Carolina…
By RON AIKEN Bill allows non-profit to help set, collect business tax fees If H.5109,…
By RON AIKEN Duplicate systems purchased at enormous cost, reasons doubted BREAKING UPDATE: Multiple sources have confirmed…
By RON AIKEN Budgets “inaccurate,” invoices piling up, federal funds jeopardized A new, $34.8 million…
By RON AIKEN Commission already funded better than peers, unimpressed council says Speaking to Richland…
Last year, The Nerve began an at-times contentious conversation with the South Carolina Department of Transportation…
By RON AIKEN So-called public elections rubber stamp single name The Joint Transportation Review Committee…
By RON AIKEN UPDATE: The SCRA today, Feb. 25, announced that CEO Bill Mahoney will…
By RON AIKEN How conflicts of interest stay out of sight in state government…
By RON AIKEN In emails, Wooten directs DOT staff, county council members to take ‘hard…
‘The solution is staring us in the face’ In a tedious two-and-a-half-hour meeting punctuated by…
Mayor surprised to learn of Newman’s intentions, had been told otherwise UPDATE: As of Monday…
By RON AIKEN Among charges billed to county: $1,200 for monthly car allowance, premium coffee…
By RON AIKEN ‘It’s not a public body,’ chairman of senate committee says The final…
Note: This story is an update to our original piece about the county’s as-yet-non-existent mentor-protégé…
Why bother? It’s just the law. Two years ago this month, then House Speaker Pro…
The intersection of money and research University of South Carolina geology professor James Knapp is…
Gas tax debate full of fuzzy math For the South Carolina Department of Transportation and…
Newman paid for work with firm he oversaw contracts with at CMRTA, City In the…