By RICK BRUNDRETT In 2006, lawmakers approved spending $700,000 in the fiscal 2007 state budget…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT In recent years, state lawmakers annually have earmarked a total of nearly…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. lawmakers are funneling millions in tax dollars collectively to economic development…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce has paid more than $2.9 million since…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce says it didn’t formally offer any taxpayer-backed…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2015,14 companies that committed to locating or expanding in South Carolina…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As S.C. lawmakers plan to push a massive borrowing bill next year,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Element TV, which announced last week it will close its television assembly…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Plenty of buzz surrounded Element Electronics’ announcement five years ago that it…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Legislature spent more than $70,000 for an outside consulting firm…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In December 2016, the S.C. Department of Commerce quietly announced it was…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A state panel Thursday approved an unspecified amount of taxpayer-backed incentives for…