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The state can tell you what was promised to the second decimal. What came back, it says it cannot credibly measure.
Aug 11
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Mike Burkhold
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One Sentence in the Code
State auditors are barred by law from the records that would show whether South Carolina’s job tax credits bought real jobs.
Aug 4
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Mike Burkhold
5
July 2026
The Second Inspection
What's the penalty when a South Carolina agency ignores a state audit? A second audit. That's the whole penalty."
Jul 28
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Mike Burkhold
1
1:28
The Second Inspection
Seventeen of the auditors' thirty-nine fixes got done. The fourteen that would have checked the money did not.
Jul 28
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Mike Burkhold
5
4
2
The Honor System
South Carolina pays companies to create jobs, then takes their word the jobs exist. The records that would check sit unused since the mid-1990s.
Jul 21
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Mike Burkhold
1
1:23
The Honor System
South Carolina pays companies to create jobs, then takes their word the jobs exist. The records that would check sit unused since the mid-1990s.
Jul 21
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Mike Burkhold
3
3
1
The Money That Never Came Back
The contract had a formula for getting the money back. It also had an escape clause.
Jul 14
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Mike Burkhold
2
1:10
The Money That Never Came Back
$5.2 million in broken job promises, and the clause that made collecting optional
Jul 14
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Mike Burkhold
4
5
2
Watch: the deal that came back bigger
The Hat Switch, in 60 seconds.
Jul 7
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Mike Burkhold
4
2
1
1:06
The Hat Switch
The state's auditors were so struck by what they found, they drew a cartoon.
Jul 7
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Mike Burkhold
5
4
4
June 2026
The Eight Who Never Worked
$286,553 in grant pay for work the employees say they never did. Seven of them had signed reports certifying they had.
Jun 30
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Mike Burkhold
8
9
2
The labs that never opened
Federal money came to put computers in front of SC children with no internet. A public audit followed $635,600 of it to two USC labs that never opened.
Jun 24
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Mike Burkhold
6
8
5
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