Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism

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Tourism advertising funds, manufacturer incentives sought in covid’s wake

June 5, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Spending more tax dollars on tourism advertising and incentives for manufacturers are…

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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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SCPRT secretive about renters at Governor’s Mansion complex

December 20, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Since Henry McMaster became governor in 2017, the state’s tourism agency has…

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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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State agencies sitting on big reserves; lawmakers returning little to taxpayers

September 11, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT If the S.C. House of Representatives decided to forgo its entire $22.7…

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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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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…