By RICK BRUNDRETT Ethics agency told to call advocacy group to ‘confirm understanding’ The head of…
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INSULT, INJURY, ETC. If someone new to speaking English wants an explanation of the phrase…
A CON GAME FOR SURE Last summer, news broke that SC DHEC had started refusing…
By JAMIE MURGUIA The legislature returned this week, and the Senate got right to work…
In 1984 Governor Dick Riley’s Education Improvement Act was passed, with the promise of better…
Belonging to the 22-state consortium that is developing the Common Core math and English language…
Almost instantly after unanimous passage in the House and a 39-4 favorable vote in the Senate, lawmakers and…
In November 2010, Dillon County voters overwhelmingly approved a proposal to have their county board…
A state law at the center of a controversial court ruling that kicked about 250…
There are basically two kinds of local government structures: the “strong-council-weak-mayor” form, or the “strong-mayor-weak-council”…
What Exactly Are We Transforming? By Ashley Landess Business leaders recently announced a new education…
A Cluster Indeed By Ashley Landess In August of 2008, South Carolina legislative leaders held…
Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Nerve Citizen Reporter Alexandra Allman of Rock…
By Ashley Landess We often say about the South Carolina Policy Council that without us,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A conflict? Naaaaah. In 2011, S.C. Sen. Hugh Leatherman was among a…
Two bills that would create an “angel-investor” law have advanced in the S.C. General Assembly…
An advancing S.C. Senate proposal aimed at expanding the state’s full-day, 4-year-old kindergarten program could…
Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Nerve Citizen Reporter Katrina Fay of Hickory…
The S.C. Department of Commerce has slipped in a $6 million business-incubator program to the…
The state Joint Bond Review Committee Wednesday recommended funding for a new $30 million science…
Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Nerve Citizen Reporter Katrina Fay of Hickory…
The chairman of a House Ways and Means subcommittee rejected a plan Tuesday afternoon to…
They’re called “Bobby Bucks,” and they’re the legislative equivalent of Turkish delights. Seemingly impossible to…
Once again, the S.C. Senate has rebuffed the chance to elevate South Carolina from its…
In a state where many are calling for massive ethics reforms, the push by South…
By RICK BRUNDRETT LOBBYISTS MAKING TRUCKLOADS OF MONEY OFF YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Since 2003, at…
If state funding of South Carolina’s colleges and universities were solely based on the schools’…
The number of articles on The Nerve exposing the sophistry of economic development initiatives and…
A nonprofit group formed between state-owned Santee Cooper and 20 electric cooperatives served by the…
South Carolina is only one of two states in which its legislative leaders control the…
Want a high-paying career – at taxpayer expense – in South Carolina? Try higher education….
An effort to give South Carolina taxpayers a better sense of whether they get their…
The South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a mostly government-funded nonprofit that acts like a private…
If you want to know who controls judicial elections in South Carolina, you probably could…
A new Nerve initiative in which Citizen Reporters monitor and report on their legislative delegations…