Department of Agriculture

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Taxpayer tab growing for ‘Boeing’ ag project

October 29, 2021 The Nerve

  By RICK BRUNDRETT Hugh Weathers, South Carolina’s agriculture commissioner, dubbed the project as the…

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No shortage of budget pork amid COVID-19 outbreak

December 11, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT When lawmakers return in January for a new legislative session, they likely…

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Plenty of pork in proposed state agency budgets for 2020-21

November 22, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT With $1.8 billion more in projected general funds in the state budget…

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Southern 500 in Darlington racing with plenty of tax dollars

August 30, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The thousands of fans who are expected to attend the Bojangles’ Southern…

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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…