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Revolutionary War project: 250 years later, taxpayers squeezed again?
By RICK BRUNDRETT When it comes to South Carolina history, some state officials might need a refresher course. S.C. taxpayers are on the hook for
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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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State surpluses keep growing. Taxpayers likely won’t get any of it back
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers have far more state tax dollars to play with this fiscal year, though there has been no serious interest in returning
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Lawmaker: Little vetting of governor’s pick for DOT Commission
By RICK BRUNDRETT Gov. Henry McMaster quietly appointed the owner of a well-known Columbia restaurant – and generous campaign donor – to a
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Some state agency heads start new fiscal year with big pay raises
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has given five-figure pay hikes to a group of state agency heads, and a new law empowers the
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Earmark secrecy continues as state budget goes into effect
By RICK BRUNDRETT In vetoing 226 budget earmarks totaling $152.5 million, Gov. Henry McMaster last week wrote that the “bulk of these earmarked
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Lawmakers approve massive state budget stuffed with pork projects
By RICK BRUNDRETT Lawmakers on Monday sent a strong message in adopting a state budget for the fiscal year that starts next week. Let the spending
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Santee Cooper board still has expired, vacant seats despite ‘reform’ law
By RICK BRUNDRETT Of the 12 seats on the board governing state-owned utility Santee Cooper, two are vacant while seven members are serving past
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Lawmakers bypassing normal budget process to spend $600M settlement
By RICK BRUNDRETT Proceeds from a $600 million settlement with the federal government over plutonium storage in South Carolina weren’t included in
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House poised to spend millions more on pork projects
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. House this week could pass a revised version of the fiscal 2022 state budget, which includes $1.8 billion in “new”
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South Carolina Juvenile Prison Workers Walk Out In Protest
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — About two dozen correctional officers and teachers at South Carolina’s beleaguered juvenile justice agency joined an
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Taxpayers on hook for road- and bridge-naming legislation
BY RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. lawmakers routinely approve naming road sections and bridges for living or deceased persons, including ex-legislators and
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Millions more proposed for Senate, House chambers under state spending plan
By RICK BRUNDRETT The Senate’s version of the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes more than $1.2 billion in surplus money, though
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Attorney with ties to SC senator wins judgeship
By RICK BRUNDRETT An attorney who works in a state senator’s law firm is Spartanburg County’s new master-in-equity judge – less than three