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Politicians’ promises don’t reflect written incentives deals

July 8, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT       S.C. politicians routinely love to make promises about massive corporate investment and…

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Truths about secret incentives deals revealed – 10 years later

June 24, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT All we wanted was the truth. Over the past several decades, South…

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SC handing out incentives to companies that lay off workers, close plants

October 18, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In announcing in April that DHL Supply Chain, a global logistics company,…

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Key details in Volvo cost-benefit analyses kept secret by S.C. Commerce

July 12, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT More than four years after officials announced that Volvo would locate in…

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Taxpayer tab for Volvo deal far bigger than public pronouncements

June 29, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT When S.C. officials announced in 2015 that Volvo would locate its first…

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S.C. agriculture agency wants millions for ‘build-it-and-they-will-come’ program

January 10, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Agriculture, which for years has been involved with…

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State panel continues tradition of secrecy in awarding incentives

February 2, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT A state panel Thursday approved an unspecified amount of taxpayer-backed incentives for…