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Counties still paying lawmakers for ‘phantom’ delegation offices

July 29, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Last year, S.C. Sen. Kent Williams of Marion County reported receiving a…

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Some state agency heads start new fiscal year with big pay raises

July 7, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has given five-figure pay hikes to a group…

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Senators pushing plenty of pork projects through taxpayer-funded earmarks

April 28, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. senators want to spend nearly $108 million next fiscal year on…

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Lawmakers continue to push their pet projects – at taxpayer expense

March 10, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In debating next fiscal year’s state budget, House members could decide this…

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Governor, House want SC taxpayers to eat plenty of pork in fiscal ’21

March 6, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Buried in the latest $32.3 billion state spending plan for next fiscal…

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Lawyer-lawmakers largely control who becomes a judge in SC. Here’s their latest power play

February 21, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Ten S.C. House members who are lawyers are pushing legislation to create…

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S.C. lawmakers getting county payments for ‘phantom’ delegation offices

August 7, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT A longstanding state law requires counties to fully fund delegation offices for…