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Tuesday, January 08, 2013  A new Legislative session kicking off Tuesday at the Statehouse bringing an eager class of freshmen lawmakers to Columbia including Lexington County's newest senator Katrina Shealy.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  South Carolina's highest court is hearing a legal challenge over a political party's decision to allow some candidates on ballots for the June 12 primary.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012  A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for a federal lawsuit over a South Carolina Supreme Court decision that removed nearly 200 candidates from ballots for the state's June 12 primaries.

Monday, May 07, 2012  The removal of 55 candidates seeking legislative office from the June ballot leaves 20 additional House and Senate seats without a primary contest. That includes several seats with no Democrat or Republican left.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  Just six weeks before voters head to the polls for the South Carolina primaries, the candidates eligible to run for state and local offices are still unclear. On Tuesday, South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments in a lawsuit that could disqualify more than 100 Republican and Democratic hopefuls from the June 12 ballot.