Richard Eckstrom

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Critics fear ESG factors could diminish state pension investments

May 19, 2022 The Nerve

Preview in new tab By RICK BRUNDRETT Two major investment management firms that handle a…

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State surpluses keep growing. Taxpayers likely won’t get any of it back

August 25, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers have far more state tax dollars to play with this fiscal…

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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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As South Carolinians’ income shrinks, state agency surpluses grow

September 3, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce started fiscal 2021 with a $103.1 million…

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The $4 billion piggy bank hidden from South Carolinians

October 23, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As state agencies prepare their proposed fiscal 2020-21 budgets, what they likely…

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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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Lots of hands in S.C. pension and health insurance cookie jars

August 28, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT When it comes to receiving taxpayer-funded state retirement and health insurance benefits,…