Preview in new tab By RICK BRUNDRETT Another legislative study, another likely six-figure taxpayer bill…
Santee Cooper
By RICK BRUNDRETT More than 1,300 Santee Cooper workers last year received “incentive” bonuses totaling…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A powerful, legislatively controlled committee is scheduled Thursday to conduct annual reviews…
By RICK BRUNDRETT State-owned utility Santee Cooper’s debt load is projected to grow by more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Santee Cooper’s electric customers are on the hook for billions in debt…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has given five-figure pay hikes to a group…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Of the 12 seats on the board governing state-owned utility Santee Cooper,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Unlike panels overseeing other state agencies, the governing boards of the state-created…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has once again violated a state law requiring…
By RICK BRUNDRETT More than 200 S.C. Ports Authority employees received at least $100,000 in…
By RICK BRUNDRETT “Incentive” bonuses totaling more than $5 million were doled out this year…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The spread of the coronavirus in South Carolina didn’t stop public agencies’…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Another governing board of a state-created agency is under scrutiny over whether…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last month, the agency in charge of managing the state health plan…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As lawmakers this week consider sale and management proposals involving Santee Cooper,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Eight private firms hired by the state to evaluate proposals for the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another convoluted legislative process for selecting six-figure state Public Service…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In 2018, University of South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp received…
By RICK BRUNDRETT For the first half of this year, North Myrtle Beach agreed…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When it comes to receiving taxpayer-funded state retirement and health insurance benefits,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When S.C. officials announced in 2015 that Volvo would locate its first…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The taxpayer tab for a global consulting firm hired last year to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As Santee Cooper was accumulating billions in debt for the failed V.C….
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House and Senate know how to take care of each…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since the 2017 collapse of the V.C. Summer nuclear project –…
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 An incumbent state Public Service Commission member, a past commissioner and an…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Three out-of-state consulting businesses hired by the S.C. Legislature to provide “advice”…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Legislature spent more than $70,000 for an outside consulting firm…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As state-owned utility Santee Cooper was racking up billions in debt –…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the years, the state’s utility watchdog acted more like a lapdog…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last summer’s stunning news that South Carolina Electric & Gas and its…