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Monday, June 10, 2013  U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is spending some time meeting with people in his coastal congressional district.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann says she won't run for re-election in 2014

Thursday, May 23, 2013  South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he's gotten calls from two conservative groups that feel they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Monday, May 20, 2013  South Carolina's attorney general is soliciting calls from conservative groups that believe they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after reviving his political career and winning his old House seat.

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.

Monday, April 15, 2013  U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham raised more than $1 million during the first three months of 2013 and now has nearly $5.4 million in the bank as he prepares for re-election in 2014.

Friday, April 12, 2013  A conservative group in South Carolina is launching an ad campaign supporting U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's immigration reform proposal.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  However Supreme Court rules, sharp divisions over gay marriage will persist across U.S.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A legislator is seeking an opinion on whether a Republican House member properly used the state plane when he shuttled a conservative commentator to Columbia for a hearing.

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.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Sen. Lindsey Graham is proving the limits of the tea party's power to frighten GOP lawmakers into scurrying farther to the right.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is launching a conservative think tank in South Carolina.

Friday, February 01, 2013  South Carolina Sen. Tom Davis says he will not run for governor or the U.S. Senate in 2014.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, either because of the recession's toll on revenue or a new zeal to shrink government.