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Friday, May 17, 2013  A Laurens County jury has found a Gray Court man guilty of murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  TransUnion: Improving housing market helps lower rate of late payments on US mortgages in first quarter

Monday, May 06, 2013  South Carolina's interim unemployment director says the agency is overpaying less and recouping more of the excess benefits that are doled out.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Two former Gaston town officials have been sentenced to prison for misusing public funds.

Friday, March 22, 2013  South Carolina's top prosecutor has amended his campaign filings to account for $134,000 in donations and expenses.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  U.S. war costs last for more than a century, monthly payments to Civil War vet families

Monday, March 18, 2013  A former South Carolina lottery employee has been indicted on accusations he stole more than $200,000 from the agency.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  South Carolina's unemployment agency wants to charge anyone who fraudulently receives unemployment benefits a 25 percent penalty, in addition to paying the money back.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  South Carolina's welfare recipients will see a slight increase in their payments starting in April.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A lawsuit brought by property owners along an abandoned Lowcountry rail line has been settled for $33 million.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  The state's unemployment agency says about 29,000 South Carolinians will stop receiving jobless benefits at year's end as federally funded extensions expire.

Thursday, October 04, 2012  South Carolina's Medicaid agency is automatically enrolling 65,000 children in the state's poorest households in the government insurance program.

Thursday, August 23, 2012  South Carolina's insurance plan for public employees expects to spend about $70 million to provide the preventive services that federal health care law requires insurance plans offer at no out-of-pocket cost to workers.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012  A state audit has found that South Carolina's health agency has improved the way it forecasts how much it will spend and how much revenue it will generate.

Friday, April 27, 2012  Helping those in the Midlands find a job. That’s what the Palmetto Development Group is aiming to do.