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Thursday, April 11, 2013  Members of the Greenwood County Council are accused of violating state laws.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  The director of the state Ethics Commission says his agency can't take on additional oversight duties without more money.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  South Carolina's House Republican and Democratic leaders say they are looking at ways to strengthen the state's ethics laws.

Friday, July 20, 2012  South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis has renewed a threat to stop writing checks on signed investment contracts, saying if he's not comfortable knowing what's in a contract, he won't send the money.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis wants the chairman of the board that invests public workers' pension money to step aside while investigators look into a complaint against him.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011  South Carolina's top ethics official says Lt. Gov. Ken Ard was fined $48,400 this week partially because he and his attorney provided innacurate information to ethics investigators. State Ethics Commission Executive Director Herb Hayden says Ard illegally used campaign money for personal uses such as vacation, clothes and iPads. What do you think of the story?

Monday, March 14, 2011  The House on Monday agreed to raise the lobbyist fee to $200 and bar State Ethics Commission staff from giving personal opinions on issues that may become ethics cases.

Thursday, January 21, 2010  The South Carolina State Ethics Commission has ordered the chairwoman of the Horry County Council to pay a reduced fine of $45,000 for missing campaign records.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009  SC commission hearing details on whether Gov. Sanford's travel merits prosecution