Year: 2021

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Legislative delegations control state grants totaling millions for local rec projects

September 22, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2017, powerful county legislative delegations have approved a total of more…

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Legislative infighting: Inside a dysfunctional delegation

September 16, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, county legislative delegations – made up of state House…

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SC roads get ‘D’ grade as major repair projects remain unfinished

September 10, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina will need almost $43 billion more by 2040 to fix…

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The $5 billion surplus officials don’t talk about

September 8, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Out of this fiscal year’s $32.5 billion state budget, more than a…

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Millions flow through SCDOT to company with ties to Sen. Leatherman

September 2, 2021 The Nerve

    By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation since 2016 has awarded 56…

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Gallo Winery project: No cheap buzz for SC taxpayers

August 27, 2021 The Nerve

  By RICK BRUNDRETT E.&J. Gallo Winery, a multibillion-dollar global corporation, will get at least…

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State surpluses keep growing. Taxpayers likely won’t get any of it back

August 25, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers have far more state tax dollars to play with this fiscal…