The Nerve is an investigative news site that focuses on government waste, lack of transparency, conflicts of interest and abuse of power in South Carolina. It was founded in 2010 by the South Carolina Policy Council, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that promotes the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty and responsibility.
By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: 3/14/24 - Following is an updated list of the salaries of higher-level state judges, which was released by the S.C. Court Administr...
By RICK BRUNDRETT The $1 billion taxpayer-funded gift that S.C. lawmakers last year approved for the Scout Motors electric vehicle plant was seven times more...
By RICK BRUNDRETT Scout Motors is threatening to take The Nerve to court if it publishes “confidential and proprietary” information contained in an incentive...
By RICK BRUNDRETT In recently announcing his proposed nearly $41 billion total state budget for fiscal 2025, Gov. Henry McMaster recommended using a projecte...