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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Two small central Kentucky cities top a list of what one business magazine considers the best small cities in the United States.

Monday, May 13, 2013  The Senate's 2013-14 budget could buy $15 million worth of new school buses for South Carolina's aging fleet.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Why does one hospital charge 40 times more than another? New data underscore cost mysteries

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Cholesterol, cancer, even infectious diseases: our blood can help doctors detect them all.

Monday, May 06, 2013  A committee of council members and jail leaders are focusing on three ways life at the jail can improve for the offenders and employees.

Friday, May 03, 2013  The Senate Finance Committee has approved a budget proposal that expands full-day 4-year-old kindergarten, gives state workers a slight raise, and puts more troopers on the highways.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  The Senate Finance Committee has refused to expand Medicaid eligibility to more poor adults as part of the state budget.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  A South Carolina group that advocates for veterans is holding a rally on the Statehouse steps to push for better health care, benefits and recognition for those with military service.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  AGING AMERICA: Poll finds people in denial about the need for long-term care as they get older

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Retirees who have worked at the Savannah River Site are meeting to talk about their health care.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Data posted online for South Carolina's 60 acute-care hospitals shows a wide disparity in their financial health, with bottom lines ranging from a four-year loss of $96 million to a combined profit of $223 million.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Tens of thousands of South Carolinians addicted to drugs or alcohol will become eligible for health insurance under the federal health care overhaul.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Military health care costs have nearly tripled since 2001

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  South Carolina Democrats are criticizing a Republican lawmaker's decision to fly a conservative columnist and radio commentator on the state plane to Columbia to testify against the federal health care law.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A House panel has advanced a bill declaring South Carolina's opposition to the federal health care law.