By RICK BRUNDRETT As S.C. lawmakers move closer to banning liberal ESG factors in state…
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Preview in new tab By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: Circuit Court judge Daniel Hall on 9/27/22…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Of the more than $1 billion in state and federal funding provided…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Two S.C. House bills that would temporarily suspend the state gasoline tax…
Preview in new tab By RICK BRUNDRETT Another legislative study, another likely six-figure taxpayer bill…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In announcing last month that the state is expected to receive more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee isn’t saying publicly why it found a longtime…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Next month, the Horry County legislative delegation could recommend one of three…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee that screens judges ruled last week that a…
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 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 Last year, S.C. Sen. Kent Williams of Marion County reported receiving a…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House and Senate plan to spend millions creating new legislative…
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 The S.C. House this week could pass a revised version of the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, it’s still illegal to challenge someone to a duel…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Legislature these days is proving that the cover-up is as…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Longtime state attorney general Alan Wilson could receive bigger retirement paychecks under…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The powerful S.C. House speaker, who controls half of the appointments on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster plans to spend $20 million in state surplus money…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Politicians typically spend campaign funds on things like signs, billboards, TV, radio…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In debating next fiscal year’s state budget, House members could decide this…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Buried in the latest $32.3 billion state spending plan for next fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT While House budget writers have designated an extra $100 million next fiscal…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Ten S.C. House members who are lawyers are pushing legislation to create…
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 Eight private firms hired by the state to evaluate proposals for the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As a sitting S.C. Supreme Court justice, George James is first up…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A longstanding state law requires counties to fully fund delegation offices for…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As the new University of South Carolina president, Robert Caslen likely will…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another round of state lawmakers supporting legislation that could fatten…