State Fiscal Accountability Authority

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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…

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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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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. 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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Lawmakers once again want to look at hiking salaries for top state officials

March 7, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another taxpayer-funded plan to study pay hikes for top South…

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‘Reform’ bill would give more control to this South Carolina power broker

January 26, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT One of South Carolina’s most powerful lawmakers would gain even more control…