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Thursday, April 11, 2013  A House panel has postponed making a decision on whether to approve a bill that would make cyberbullying against children a crime in South Carolina.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A bill designed to strengthen South Carolina's public records law has passed a House panel, but with a provision that may have doomed the proposal last year.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  The head of a think tank for limited government says emails from 2006 show House Speaker Bobby Harrell used undue influence to get a permit for his pharmaceutical business.

Monday, August 06, 2012  An interactive mapping program that will allow the public access to the day to day operations of public safety in Newberry County was unveiled Monday afternoon.

Monday, June 11, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley's administration is refusing to release some emails related to an ongoing ethics investigation, something a media attorney says is an abuse of the law.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  A bill requiring South Carolina taxpayers to receive a detailed receipt of how their state taxes are spent has advanced in the Senate.

Monday, December 26, 2011  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley came into office promising a commitment to transparency, but the deletion of emails by staffers has brought new criticism that she has fallen short on that key campaign issue

Wednesday, December 21, 2011  South Carolina Gov. Nikki says her office is updating a decades-old policy on what records must be kept and what can be destroyed following criticism about deleted e-mails.

Monday, July 11, 2011  You may have noticed emails in your inbox from the Internal Revenue Service recently telling you to file claims for money you aren't entitled to.  IRS officials say these messages are scams and remind taxpayers that they never send out unsolicited emails.

Friday, June 10, 2011  The state on Friday is scheduled to release more than 24,000 pages of Palin's emails from her first two years as governor.

Monday, August 23, 2010  Who do you think has been more transparent in South Carolina's gubernatorial race?

Friday, August 20, 2010  State Rep. Nikki Haley's campaign allowed media to see thousands of pages' of legislative correspondence Friday afternoon -- three months after they were requested.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  Emails show that shortly after the crash, city managers urged then Police Chief Tandy Carter to include the Department of Public Safety in the investigation.

Friday, February 19, 2010  In a world of instant access to and distribution of information some question how much is too much.