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Taxpayer tab growing for ‘Boeing’ ag project
By RICK BRUNDRETT Hugh Weathers, South Carolina’s agriculture commissioner, dubbed the project as the “Boeing of agriculture.” In touting
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Gallo Winery project: No cheap buzz for SC taxpayers
By RICK BRUNDRETT E.&J. Gallo Winery, a multibillion-dollar global corporation, will get at least $25 million in assistance from the state of
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Politicians’ promises don’t reflect written incentives deals
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. politicians routinely love to make promises about massive corporate investment and multitudes of new jobs in the
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Truths about secret incentives deals revealed – 10 years later
By RICK BRUNDRETT All we wanted was the truth. Over the past several decades, South Carolina legislators and governors, as well as local
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McMaster’s “non-essential” list: A hole-in-one for SC golfers – and others
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last Tuesday, Gov. Henry McMaster ordered that “non-essential” businesses statewide be closed to the public to combat the
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SC Commerce still hiding the Juuls
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Department of Commerce won’t reveal the average wage of workers at the new Juul electronic-cigarette assembly facility