By RICK BRUNDRETT 2020 ended with a first in the 3½ years of the gas-tax-hike…
Hugh Leatherman
By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the last three months of 2020, the November general election wasn’t…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In theory, the pace of fixing South Carolina’s pothole-riddled roads should have…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster plans to spend $20 million in state surplus money…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The slow pace of fixing South Carolina’s bad roads and bridges since…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Motorists in South Carolina are now paying 8 cents more per gallon…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Politicians typically spend campaign funds on things like signs, billboards, TV, radio…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In the first three years of the gas-tax-hike law, the state collected…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As residents and tourists hit South Carolina roads this July 4th holiday…
By RICK BRUNDRETT All we wanted was the truth. Over the past several decades, South…
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 When lawmakers return this week to debate how to pay for the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT While House budget writers have designated an extra $100 million next fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last year, local municipalities, fire and other special purpose districts, public colleges…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The number of S.C. Department of Transportation employees making at least $100,000…
By RICK BRUNDRETT No paving projects were completed between the end of November and December…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Eight private firms hired by the state to evaluate proposals for the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Although nearly $1 billion has been collected since the state gas-tax-hike law…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since last year, the permanent workforce in the S.C. House and Senate…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, the S.C. Department of Transportation announced that it had completed…
By RICK BRUNDRETT During this year’s legislative session, S.C. Sen. Hugh Leatherman spent a total…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the past four fiscal years, the state Attorney General’s Office settled…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When in session, S.C. lawmakers routinely introduce legislation dedicating an existing road…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As the new University of South Carolina president, Robert Caslen likely will…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: 8/8/2019 – The S.C. Attorney General’s Office in a letter to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT An Upstate legislative delegation might have skirted the state’s open-meetings law last…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When it comes to fixing South Carolina’s deteriorating roads and bridges, where…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As S.C. lawmakers head into the final weeks of adopting an approximately…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In recent years, state lawmakers annually have earmarked a total of nearly…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce has paid more than $2.9 million since…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina taxpayers last fiscal year shelled out more than $50,000 to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A little-known state law allows eligible judges in South Carolina to receive…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The number of higher-paid staffers in the S.C. House and Senate keeps…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Senate president pro tempore Hugh Leatherman appeared relaxed and confident before…