Property Rights

Rural transportation bill easily passes S.C. House; Senate fate uncertain

BY RICK BRUNDRETT UPDATE: 5/15/26 – Gov. Henry McMaster signed into a law a House bill that would allow limousine services that typically would operate under a state Class C certificate to be permitted as transportation network companies (TNCs). The bill unanimously passed the House and Senate on 3/4/26 and...

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March 31, 2026

  • Rural transportation bill easily passes S.C. House; Senate fate uncertain

    BY RICK BRUNDRETT UPDATE: 5/15/26 – Gov. Henry McMaster signed into a law a House bill that would allow limousine services that typically would operate under a state Class C certificate to be permitted as transportation network companies (TNCs). The bill unanimously passed the House and Senate on 3/4/26 and...
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    March 31, 2026

  • Limo company president says regs hindering expansion plans

    By RICK BRUNDRETT Editor’s note: Today’s story is part of a two-article package on transportation issues facing South Carolina. The other story can be found here. Greer-based Eastside Transportation bills itself as a “top-tier chauffeur service” for the Upstate, Columbia, Charlotte, Asheville, Atlanta and surrounding areas, providing rides for airport...
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    January 29, 2026

  • Transportation options limited for poor or disabled rural S.C. residents

    By RICK BRUNDRETT Editor’s note: Today’s story is part of a two-article package on transportation issues facing South Carolina. The other story can be found here. For South Carolinians living in poverty or with disabilities, the lack of reliable transportation often is a major problem – especially in rural areas,...
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    January 29, 2026

  • Transportation deserts: Rural SC towns, cities lack private ride options

    By RICK BRUNDRETT Editor’s note: This story is part of a two-article package published today on rural transportation issues in South Carolina. The other story can be found here. The video component for both stories can be found here. If you want a ride from a “transportation network company,” such...
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    September 30, 2025

  • No-car rates higher among rural SC households

    By RICK BRUNDRETT Editor’s note: This story is part of a two-article package published today on rural transportation issues in South Carolina. The other story can be found here. The video component for both stories can be found here. In South Carolina in 2021, at least 10% of rural households...
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    September 30, 2025

  • State's top court focusing on free-market dispute over eye exams

    By RICK BRUNDRETT UPDATE: 1/21/26 - By a unanimous vote, the five-member S.C. Supreme Court ruled that the "Eye Care Consumer Protection Law" is constitutional. Writing for the court, Justice John Few concluded that in "light of the speed in which artificial intelligence and other technology continues to develop, we...
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    July 11, 2025

  • SC rural transportation company seeks regulatory relief

    By RICK BRUNDRETT Editor’s Note: This story is part of a two-article package published today. The other story can be found here. The video component for both stories can be found here. David Crawford will tell you he’s been an Edisto Island musician for 43 years, noting that’s how he...
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    July 11, 2025

  • Turf War: How a liquor-liability reform bill died in the S.C. Senate

    By RICK BRUNDRETT In South Carolina, lawyers represent far less than 1% of the state’s total workforce, but they make up nearly 30% of the 170-member S.C. Legislature. And in the club of 50 lawyer-legislators, those who practice personal injury law or whose law firm colleagues handle those types of...
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    February 26, 2025

  • Small business owner wins zoning battle, but legal issues still loom

    By RICK BRUNDRETT Jeremy Sark says he’s no longer worried about Mauldin officials closing his longtime U-Haul dealership, though the Upstate city hasn’t abandoned a controversial zoning practice at the center of his case. The Mauldin City Council without comment during a meeting last month reversed a zoning change that...
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    January 10, 2023

  • House bill would protect short-term rentals in SC

    By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. municipalities and counties that ban short-term rentals would face the loss of state aid and property taxes under a House bill filed for the second time since last year. Contacted this week by The Nerve, Rep. Lee Hewitt, R-Georgetown, who is the bill’s main sponsor, said his...
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    December 15, 2022