By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: 5/4/23 – Gov. Henry McMaster signed S.39 into law. The House…
Gov. Henry McMaster
By RICK BRUNDRETT A state senator-lawyer wants the six-figure salaries of S.C. judges to be…
Editor’s Note: The following article, written by SCPC Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse, was published originally…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Just days before a legislative conference committee approved a compromise tax-cut bill,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster reported a collective $64,130 in gifts and covered trip…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Two S.C. House bills that would temporarily suspend the state gasoline tax…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When the state is flush with taxpayer money, lawmakers can’t resist the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT County legislative delegations are again asserting their power over local school districts….
By RICK BRUNDRETT As South Carolina motorists over the past year have been paying more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce hasn’t committed to any projects with most…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As expected, the Horry County legislative delegation last week nominated former House…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last Friday, President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh to tout his $1 trillion…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Department of Commerce officials remain tight-lipped about details of a proposed…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee isn’t saying publicly why it found a longtime…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The Daniel Island Club on its website bills itself as one of…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Next month, the Horry County legislative delegation could recommend one of three…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster wants to more than double the state Department of…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In unveiling his fiscal 2022-23 state budget this week, Gov. Henry McMaster…
By RICK BRUNDRETT More than 1,300 Santee Cooper workers last year received “incentive” bonuses totaling…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation wants approval to spend about $139 million…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce wants $100 million more in state funding…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When it comes to South Carolina history, some state officials might need…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Hugh Weathers, South Carolina’s agriculture commissioner, dubbed the project as the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT E.&J. Gallo Winery, a multibillion-dollar global corporation, will get at least…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers have far more state tax dollars to play with this fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster quietly appointed the owner of a well-known Columbia restaurant…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has given five-figure pay hikes to a group…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In vetoing 226 budget earmarks totaling $152.5 million, Gov. Henry McMaster last…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers on Monday sent a strong message in adopting a state budget…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Of the 12 seats on the board governing state-owned utility Santee Cooper,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Proceeds from a $600 million settlement with the federal government over plutonium…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House this week could pass a revised version of the…
BY RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. lawmakers routinely approve naming road sections and bridges for living or…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The Senate’s version of the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year…
By RICK BRUNDRETT An attorney who works in a state senator’s law firm is Spartanburg…