By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Department of Commerce officials remain tight-lipped about details of a proposed…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation wants approval to spend about $139 million…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In a repeat of last year, the S.C. Judicial Department is resisting…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, the Clemson University Board of Trustees gave president Jim Clements…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When S.C. lawmakers in 2009 first approved massive taxpayer-backed funding for aerospace…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Out of this fiscal year’s $32.5 billion state budget, more than a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has given five-figure pay hikes to a group…
By RICK BRUNDRETT No matter who’s in charge, state government in South Carolina just keeps…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In announcing recently that 686 nonprofit organizations in South Carolina would receive…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Two months ago, The Nerve asked the state-created South Carolina Research Authority…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When lawmakers return in January for a new legislative session, they likely…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Judicial Department – the third branch of state government –…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Many politicians and other government officials don’t want to publicly acknowledge the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation initially wanted more than $1 million worth…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since lawmakers in March approved $45 million in emergency funding for the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Eight private firms hired by the state to evaluate proposals for the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT At least 100 state agencies have filed budget requests for the next…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In 2018, University of South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp received…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As state agencies prepare their proposed fiscal 2020-21 budgets, what they likely…
By RICK BRUNDRETT If the S.C. House of Representatives decided to forgo its entire $22.7…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster last December quietly hired a large law firm to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The taxpayer tab for a global consulting firm hired last year to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina’s higher-level judges would receive pay hikes ranging from 20 to…