By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson’s acceptance today of an ethics complaint…
Investigative Reports
Six of the nine new S.C. judges who begin work July 1 will have the…
Bills in the S.C. General Assembly would push the state Department of Labor, Licensing and…
If some state lawmakers have their way, the South Carolina High School League would be…
Every legislative session comes with a parade of officials from dozens of state agencies who…
High-ranking officials with two state pharmacy organizations in 2010 expressed concerns then that S.C. House…
Supporters trumpeted an open-records bill that focuses on making government records more accessible and less…
Fifteen states reportedly have current moves to “nullify” the impact of the federal Patient Protection…
One man’s “angel investor” in South Carolina is another man’s businessman or businesswoman gaining favors…
The retirement system for South Carolina’s judges, which doles out the largest average payouts among…
If you ask public college and university officials in the Palmetto State whether their schools…
There’s good news; there’s bad news; and there’s no news at all. Thursday’s meeting of…
Over the four-plus months of media reports raising questions about potential ethical violations involving S.C….
A state Department of Agriculture proposal to expand the State Farmers Market in Lexington County…
A plan to create a revenue stream for some state parks has compelled the S.C….
The S.C. Commission on Ethics Reform has proposed sweeping reforms to state ethics laws, which…
The makeup of the S.C. House Ethics Committee isn’t illegal if you ask new committee…
A House Judiciary subcommittee Thursday supported a plan by Majority Leader Bruce Bannister that would…
Despite a Senate bill that would eliminate the controversial S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank as a…
The chairman of a House Ways and Means subcommittee rejected a plan Tuesday afternoon to…
The South Carolina Policy Council – The Nerve’s parent organization – is considering filing a…
Taylor Smith is getting an education at the University of South Carolina, though not necessarily…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Section 11-11-90 of the state code is an inconvenient truth for the…
Rules are rules, as the old saying goes. And for the S.C. House and Senate,…
They’re called “Bobby Bucks,” and they’re the legislative equivalent of Turkish delights. Seemingly impossible to…
A state senator is proposing a major overhaul of the way judges are selected in…
Language that would strike an obscure state law currently being ignored by the General Assembly…
The head of a government watchdog organization says he plans to ask the S.C. House…
The head of the agency overseeing the use of state planes asked a legislative budget-writing…
UPDATE: After this story was published, the S.C. Attorney General’s Office provided The Nerve with…
Typically, state and local officials hand out big taxpayer-backed goody bags to major companies locating…
Incompetence, apathy and “inappropriate” priorities characterized the South Carolina Department of Revenue’s approach to data…
Despite publicly holding its hand out for more money, the University of South Carolina has…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Per diem for lawmakers who live within walking distance of the State…
Once again, the S.C. Senate has rebuffed the chance to elevate South Carolina from its…