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Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Steve Spurrier warns against putting too much stock in USC's rise to #3 in the rankings, plus government watchdogs call for an investigation into House Speaker Bobby Harrell's spending.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  If you want to vote in next month's election and you aren't registered yet, the clock is ticking. The deadline to register is Saturday October 6, and one group in the Midlands is doing what it can to get as many people registered as possible.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is using a video showing a union leader whacking a piInata of her face as a fundraiser.

Thursday, December 08, 2011  Activists in South Carolina are hoping to draw attention to the issue of unemployment insurance. The groups say more than 30,000 people in South Carolina will lose unemployment benefits at the end of this year without an extension from Congress.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  Occupy Columbia protesters have declared a victory after their post-curfew protest resulted in no arrests, and the director of South Carolina's public safety agency called last week's 6 p.m. order to leave Statehouse grounds a misunderstanding. Nearly 200 people gathered Monday night at the Statehouse to challenge Gov. Nikki Haley's order to arrest anyone protesting on Statehouse grounds after 6 p.m.

Wednesday, October 05, 2011  The South Carolina attorney general's office has told the state Election Commission to provide details on voters excluded from an analysis of people lacking state issued identification required by the state's controversial voter I.D. law.  Meanwhile, critics of the law are lashing out after the miscalculation.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011  South Carolina's state Senate is taking up debate on the budget, and some activists want to hear what the public has to say about the process and cuts to government programs.

Tuesday, August 04, 2009  Controversy is brewing over the possibility of the state government leasing ETV's broadband capacity to private companies.

Saturday, March 07, 2009  Progressives from South Carolina are getting ready for their spring meeting.