By RICK BRUNDRETT The Daniel Island Club on its website bills itself as one of…
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By RICK BRUNDRETT New S.C. Senate president Thomas Alexander reported a total of more than…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. lawmakers would receive an annual $18,000 pay hike under a House…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, a legislatively controlled committee quietly approved five-figure salary hikes for…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers just can’t resist trying to exert more power over another…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another round of raises for higher-paid S.C. House and Senate…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As a special legislative panel considers a yet-to-be-revealed road funding proposal, the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Major repaving or road reconstruction projects in South Carolina could take on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina will need almost $43 billion more by 2040 to fix…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation since 2016 has awarded 56…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2017, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson has hired at least six…
By RICK BRUNDRETT State-owned utility Santee Cooper’s debt load is projected to grow by more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Stuck in a pothole. For the fiscal year that ended June 30,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster quietly appointed the owner of a well-known Columbia restaurant…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House and Senate plan to spend millions creating new legislative…
By RICK BRUNDRETT If you want to learn what your county legislative delegation is up…
By RICK BRUNDRETT One day last month, state lawmakers representing Greenville County held separate meetings…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Only three bridge projects have been completed in South Carolina with the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has given five-figure pay hikes to a group…
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 Through March, a special fund created with the state gas-tax-hike law had…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. senators want to spend nearly $108 million next fiscal year on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Unlike panels overseeing other state agencies, the governing boards of the state-created…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Claiming that many lawmakers had little or no notice of a $550…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In its latest annual report, the S.C. Department of Transportation claimed it…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Nearly $30 million in tax dollars could flow next fiscal year through…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When the full S.C. House meets next week to debate the fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A new Port of Charleston terminal – named after powerful S.C. Sen….
By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, it’s still illegal to challenge someone to a duel…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In just one year, the surplus from state gas-tax-hike revenues grew by…
By RICK BRUNDRETT It’s a railroad that most South Carolinians probably never have heard of….