By RICK BRUNDRETT More than a year after the federal government’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief plan…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers have far more state tax dollars to play with this fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When the full S.C. House meets next week to debate the fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since Gov. Henry McMaster in August gave the state Department of Commerce…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A state House proposal would send an additional $63 million out of…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When lawmakers return in January for a new legislative session, they likely…
Update: 11/18/20 – The S.C. Public Service Commission today voted to hold two additional public…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce doesn’t employ any medical or infectious disease…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The spread of the coronavirus in South Carolina didn’t stop public agencies’…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster plans to spend $20 million in state surplus money…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As University of South Carolina and Clemson University students return to in-person…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster has once again granted the S.C. Department of…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Some nonprofit organizations in South Carolina that already receive significant public funding…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Whether South Carolina has enough medical supplies to deal with the next…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Spending more tax dollars on tourism advertising and incentives for manufacturers are…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation initially wanted more than $1 million worth…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Despite reduced traffic in South Carolina over the past two months resulting…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since lawmakers in March approved $45 million in emergency funding for the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Among the provisions in Gov. Henry McMaster’s emergency orders is one allowing…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, public school boards have broad powers, such as hiring…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Having customers in his Columbia glass art shop posed no public threat,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last Tuesday, Gov. Henry McMaster ordered that “non-essential” businesses statewide be closed…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When Columbia city leaders imposed a curfew more than two weeks ago…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When lawmakers return this week to debate how to pay for the…