S.C. Technical College System

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Public cost of training Boeing workers far higher than projections

October 1, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT When S.C. lawmakers in 2009 first approved massive taxpayer-backed funding for aerospace…

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Bosch’s planned layoffs raise questions about repayment of incentives

January 28, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In December 2010, then-Gov. Mark Sanford, along with other state and local…

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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…

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Powerful legislative chairman profits from state-funded groups

November 2, 2018 The Nerve

Update: S.C. House Speaker Jay Lucas, R-Darlington, on 12/4/18 informed White that he would be…

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S.C. universities paying lobbyists as student tuition, school debt loads rise

October 17, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Since 2015, state colleges and universities have paid a total of more…