Corruption series sparked calls for change at SC Statehouse, but progress has been slow
Avery G. Wilks, 10 April 2021
COLUMBIA — With time running out on their 2021 calendar, South Carolina lawmakers have made little progress toward closing ethics loopholes for big-spending special government district leaders. Nor have they given the state’s top law enforcement agency the money it says it needs to better investigate public corruption.
But influential legislators say they remain committed to tackling those concerns, which were highlighted earlier this year in The Post and Courier’s Uncovered series, a yearlong project with community newspapers aimed at unearthing corruption and abuses of power in small-town South Carolina. Continue reading “Article: Corruption series sparked calls for change at SC Statehouse, but progress has been slow”
