Coordinating Council for Economic Development

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McMaster’s ‘non-essential’ list: A hole-in-one for SC golfers – and others

April 7, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Last Tuesday, Gov. Henry McMaster ordered that “non-essential” businesses statewide be closed…

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SC Commerce still hiding the Juuls

March 4, 2020 The Nerve

Update: In email responses on 11/19/20 and 11/20/20 after The Nerve submitted a state Freedom…

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Bosch’s planned layoffs raise questions about repayment of incentives

January 28, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In December 2010, then-Gov. Mark Sanford, along with other state and local…

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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…