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Tuesday, September 06, 2011  The bills from Gov. Nikki Haley's weeklong trip to Europe in June total more than $127,000 and are still coming in. But the governor returned home with two agreements with foreign employers that are in the works, not done deals as Haley has said.  Critics fire back at the trip calling it a waste of taxpayer money.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Days after the South Carolina Ethics Commission Director said Lt. Gov. Ken Ard provided inaccurate explanations of spending to investigators, the state Democrats are calling on Ard to step down.  Dick Harpootlian, the South Carolina Democratic Party's chairman, says Ard should resign from his post after, what he calls, repeated lies to the ethics commission.