Department of Transportation

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Gas-tax suspension bills running nearly on empty

April 6, 2022 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Two S.C. House bills that would temporarily suspend the state gasoline tax…

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Gas-tax-hike surplus swells over past year

March 2, 2022 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As South Carolina motorists over the past year have been paying more…

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SC still has hundreds of bad bridges despite gas-tax-hike law

February 4, 2022 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Last Friday, President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh to tout his $1 trillion…

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McMaster’s budget priority: Expanding interstates or fixing pothole-riddled roads?

January 12, 2022 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In unveiling his fiscal 2022-23 state budget this week, Gov. Henry McMaster…

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SCDOT wants more gas-tax-hike money to spend while surplus grows

December 17, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Transportation wants approval to spend about $139 million…

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Legislatively controlled panel OKs big raises for state agency heads

November 24, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Last week, a legislatively controlled committee quietly approved five-figure salary hikes for…

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Lawmakers want more control over agency head pay hikes

November 17, 2021 The Nerve

  By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers just can’t resist trying to exert more power over another…