Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism

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Panthers’ summer camp got $150K through state sports marketing program

May 19, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In 2015 and 2016, S.C. lawmakers approved spending a total of nearly…

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Proviso pork spending: A longstanding legislative tradition

April 27, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As S.C. lawmakers head into the final weeks of adopting an approximately…

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Taxpayer schemes: How some tourist, ecodevo groups win state grants

April 2, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. lawmakers are funneling millions in tax dollars collectively to economic development…

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S.C. agencies sitting on nearly $500M in taxpayer funds

September 6, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As S.C. lawmakers plan to push a massive borrowing bill next year,…

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S.C. tourism agency worked secretly for months to buy Ted Turner’s island

April 5, 2018 The Nerve

  By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina’s tourism department for months kept secret from the public…

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House member tries to get tax dollars to buy land from nonprofit he founded

March 23, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As the S.C. House debate last week on the $28 billion-plus state…