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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Efforts to strengthen South Carolina's ethics laws have moved to the Senate.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  State incentives for Boeing's expansion plans in North Charleston are clearly ready for takeoff.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Ebert was not just a critic to filmmakers, but a part of Hollywood itself

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.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The House has approved a bill shifting money collected from car sales taxes to road and bridge repair.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  Ethics reform has been a major issue in South Carolina government for years, but state leaders are hoping to make major changes.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will decide if Michigan will be the 24th state to adopt the right-to-work law; a move that could have an impact here in South Carolina.

Monday, July 23, 2012  Mariah Carey will be joining the cast of "American Idol."

Wednesday, October 05, 2011  The South Carolina attorney general's office has told the state Election Commission to provide details on voters excluded from an analysis of people lacking state issued identification required by the state's controversial voter I.D. law.  Meanwhile, critics of the law are lashing out after the miscalculation.

Friday, September 16, 2011  South Carolina's unemployment rate ticked up again hitting 11.1 percent in August according to the Department of Employment and Workforce, the fourth month in a row the rate has increased.

Friday, September 16, 2011  South Carolina officials hope the new report on unemployment in South Carolina will be better.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  Haley also said Thursday she wants to require drug testing for people who get unemployment benefits. She says she is figuring out details on how that program would work.

Tuesday, September 06, 2011  The bills from Gov. Nikki Haley's weeklong trip to Europe in June total more than $127,000 and are still coming in. But the governor returned home with two agreements with foreign employers that are in the works, not done deals as Haley has said.  Critics fire back at the trip calling it a waste of taxpayer money.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010  Richland County is making a big push to promote a sales tax that will appear on the ballot this fall.  The revenue from the tax would bolster the CMRTA bus system.  Critics say bus routes aren't convenient and don't run in heavily traveled places.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009  Rep. Clyburn says GOP Senators need to stop complaining about deals made in federal health care legislation and look out for their own states.