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Friday, May 03, 2013 

Thursday, May 02, 2013  South Carolina lawmakers have given final approval to legislation that would give federal authorities information about people who have been determined by a court to have mental problems.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  State Sen. Larry Grooms is disavowing a write-in campaign and urging voters in next week's 1st District special congressional election to support fellow Republican Mark Sanford.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Gov. Nikki Haley has signed legislation to give the Boeing Co. $120 million in incentives for its expansion plans in South Carolina.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines says it is seeking approval from America's Federal Aviation Administration and from Boeing to put its grounded Boeing 787s back into service.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A bill aimed at shutting down sweepstakes cafes in South Carolina will soon become law.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  A South Carolina Senate committee has advanced a measure that creates more oversight of public agency computer systems following the massive breach of the state's tax collection agency.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The state-owned utility Santee Cooper plans to enclose coal ash ponds at a closed power plant in Horry County with a cement vault to prevent contamination.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A state Senate committee has passed a bill that would allow parents to send their children to public school outside of their school district.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  The board that invests public workers' pension money has censured South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis for what it calls his "false, misleading and deceitful rhetoric" about his fellow commissioners.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The results of the latest Winthrop Poll were released early Wednesday morning.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  The son of late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond will stay on ballots as the Republican nominee for a South Carolina state Senate seat.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A panel of three federal judges in Washington has upheld South Carolina's voter identification law, but says the state cannot put it in practice until 2013..

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  A federal lawsuit is challenging South Carolina's highest court's decision to let a state Senate candidate once removed from the ballot to remain in the race.

Monday, September 24, 2012  Federal judges are questioning whether South Carolina can wait until 2014 to put its new voter ID law into effect.