Reporters Tony Bartelme and Shamira McCray explain how a South Carolina agency came to rely on millions of dollars in rent from a private company it regulates.
Morgan Island, a remote spot out in South Carolina's ACE Basin, has some unusual inhabitants: 3,500 rhesus monkeys.
That's where one of the latest installments of The Post and Courier's Uncovered series about corruption and questionable conduct begins. Reporters Tony Bartelme and Shamira McCray explain how the South Carolina Department of Resources came to rely on millions of dollars in rent from a private company it regulates.
It's a story about monkeys, blood and money.
Read the investigation: SC agency rakes in millions from pharma company it regulates
Check out the rest of our Uncovered series.
This episode was hosted and edited by Emily Williams and features Post and Courier reporters Shamira McCray and Tony Bartelme.
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