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Thursday, February 14, 2013  Gov. Nikki Haley is calling on legislators to put additional revenue toward fixing South Carolina's roads and bridges.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  State officials say a three-year effort to evaluate and upgrade computer security systems at state agencies should begin in March.

Monday, November 26, 2012  The state Commerce Department says it spent $134,000 on economic development trips to London and Tokyo earlier this year. That's $26,000 below the agency's initial estimates.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  The director of South Carolina's Medicaid agency is warning legislators that the numbers of already-eligible residents signing up for the government program through 2014 could exceed estimates, further eating into state revenue.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012  Columbia Fire investigators  along with SLED are looking at fire damage to the department of Probation, Pardon and Parole services on Gregg Street in downtown Columbia. No one was injured in the fire.

Thursday, February 17, 2011  South Carolina legislators are upset by more than $260 million in deficits that former Gov. Mark Sanford's Cabinet agencies revealed last fall.  Some lawmakers are accusing the Republican's former chief of staff of understating budget estimates.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011  Census figures show blacks returning to fast-growing economies in South in a reverse migration.

Friday, June 11, 2010  New figures for the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico show the amount of oil spewing may have been up to twice as much as previously thought, according to scientists consulting with the federal government.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009  Stock futures mixed after Goldman Sachs' profit beats estimates

Tuesday, February 24, 2009  A federal analysis shows South Carolina's 85 school districts may receive some $300 million in stimulus money for schools with large numbers of poor children and students with disabilities.