by The Standard | Jul 26, 2019 | Preston Baines
“Public university tuition has increased by an alarming 343%.” Recently, South Carolina’s own US Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-Columbia), part of the House of Representatives’ leadership team, introduced a bill canceling student loan debt for families making less...
by The Standard | Jul 24, 2019 | Rick Bundrett
USC’s Pastides’ pay package increased by nearly 68% in 5 years to nearly $1.15 million As the new University of South Carolina president, Robert Caslen likely will be paid far more than the $650,000 salary that was reported after the school’s board of trustees...
by The Standard | Jul 23, 2019 | Michael Reed
Long line of first responder’s die due to “World Trade Center illness” Vietnam War veteran Richard Driscoll recently became the 200th member of the New York Fire Department to die of illness related to the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center...
by The Standard | Jul 22, 2019 | Rick Bundrett
Ex-state transportation commissioner John Hardee negotiated $1.57 million in payments since 2014 from government agencies and nonprofits for public service announcements through a billboard-industry trade group, though much of the revenues were not used to produce...
by The Standard | Jul 22, 2019 | Rick Bundrett
More than four years after officials announced that Volvo would locate in South Carolina, the state Department of Commerce won’t reveal the estimated amounts of certain public costs and benefits identified in analyses of the $1.1 billion project. The Nerve reported...