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Thursday, May 09, 2013  Last year's election in Richland County was a day of extremely long lines and wait times and npw the election day voting mess is going to cost you a pretty penny to clean up.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Thursday Richland County leaders getting an up close look at life behind bars.

Monday, October 22, 2012  A Columbia lawyer wants jails across South Carolina to stop posting pictures of people who are arrested.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  Richland County leaders are stepping up efforts to reach a new fire services deal.  Columbia has provided fire protection services for Richland County for two decades and both sides have been trying to work out a new agreement for months.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  A long-standing agreement on how Columbia and Richland County protects residents from fire could be in jeopardy if both sides don't hammer out a new deal.  County leaders met with fire officials for two hours Monday to talk about a new agreement, but did not finalize anything.