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Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Georgia transportation officials are planning to hold public meetings on proposed rail service between Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  Cruise passengers expected back in US after fire on Royal Caribbean ship cancels trip

Friday, May 24, 2013  A 66-year-old Duncan man has been charged with threatening state employees over the telephone.

Friday, May 17, 2013  South Carolina's unemployment has dropped to its lowest rate in five years.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The South Carolina Department of Transportation wants to hear concerns as it considers how to replace a pair of bridges on U.S. 378 east of Columbia.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  South Carolina intersections are getting a new traffic signal.

Friday, May 03, 2013  A ceremony Friday recognized the police officers who make sure large vehicles and drivers around them are safe and legal.

Friday, May 03, 2013  The Senate Finance Committee has advanced a plan that funds road and bridge construction by redirecting taxes, borrowing money and raising fees.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Federal lawmakers who visited the Port of Charleston say a federal trust fund could meet much of the nation's harbor-deepening needs if more than half its money weren't used for other projects.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  The controversial transportation tax, also known as the penny sales tax goes into effect May 1st.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A Senate committee will spend the next two weeks trying to put together a bill to increase the money South Carolina spends on its roads.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Travelers wouldn't pay additional taxes for room service, spa treatments and other conveniences that can be added to hotel bills under a proposal advanced by a South Carolina House panel.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  After the State Supreme Court denied an appeal of the penny transportation tax which recently passed in Richland County, the Penny Sales Tax Transportation committee picked up again Tuesday.

Friday, March 22, 2013  It appears that Boeing's comments about the smoldering batteries on its 787 have annoyed the National Transportation Safety Board.