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            <title>Midlands Connect - Political News</title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget debate continues in SC Senate]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 06:55:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The budget debate in the South Carolina Senate enters week two.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Maley recommends ways to combat painkiller abuse]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 18:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The state inspector general says prescription painkiller abuse is rampant in South Carolina, but there's no statewide effort to combat it.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[AG Wilson seeks calls from groups targeted by IRS]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[South Carolina's attorney general is soliciting calls from conservative groups that believe they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Haley's husband home on leave from Afghanistan]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Nikki Haley is spending time with her husband during a break from his deployment to Afghanistan.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford holds neighborhood office hours]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 13:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Newly installed U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is out doing the business of a congressman, meeting and greeting constituents in his South Carolina district.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[State senator honoring South Carolina's fallen soldiers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Starkey]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Lexington County Senator Katrina Shealy hosted a luncheon Monday for seven of South Carolina's soliders who gave their lives while serving our country.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Political rivals work to pass government overhaul]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 15:07:29 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A bill representing the largest overhaul of state government in decades is again approaching passage.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Richland County funds major apartment renovations in the northeast]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivory Hecker]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 23:08:32 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Twenty-four families in northeast Richland County now have much nicer and earth-friendly homes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Video shows Vick asks for driver after DUI arrest]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State Rep. Ted Vick told an officer arresting him for driving under the influence that he was not intoxicated and couldn't believe he was being put in handcuffs in the Statehouse garage.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democrats criticize Gov Haley for state plane use]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 16:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Democrats accuse Gov. Nikki Haley of misusing the state's planes by taking her campaign-paid videographer with her on flights around South Carolina.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Richland County names new elections director]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 08:07:13 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The elections director in Orangeburg has been selected to take over elections in Richland County.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Driver blood alcohol recommendation shrinks to .05%]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=898308]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivory Hecker]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 20:56:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Controversy is swirling around a federal recommendation to lower blood alcohol limits for drivers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC House passes bill overhauling state government]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 15:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The House has again approved a government restructuring bill that transfers many bureaucratic duties to the governor's office.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislator's dad elected to MUSC after protest]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 13:40:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Legislature elected a House member's father to the Medical University of South Carolina board after he agreed to pay higher property taxes at his beach home.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC state Rep. Ted Vick arrested again for DUI]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Drew Stewart]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 11:40:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[For the second time in a year, a Pee Dee area state lawmaker finds himself behind bars.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford to take oath in return to Congress]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 10:25:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is scheduled to be sworn in for a fourth term in the U.S. House.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Forest Acres City Council election results are in]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=897858]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivory Hecker]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 22:22:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The unofficial results are in after Tuesday's City Council election.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers creating taxpayer protection fund to help hacking victims]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zoheb Hassanali]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 17:49:17 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Kershaw Co. Senator Vincent Sheheen and State Treasurer Curtis Loftis want to go one step ahead to help victims from last fall's hack at the state Department of Revenue.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers support Medal of Honor museum in SC]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 16:40:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State House Speaker Bobby Harrell is honoring plans to build a Medal of Honor museum in South Carolina.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC senator: Loan for hacking bills wrong approach]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 16:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Republican state senator is criticizing how the Department of Revenue paid its clean-up bills following the massive hacking of taxpayers' personal data.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC gun raffle on hold because of lottery concerns]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 14:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A South Carolina Republican group is putting on hold plans its plans to raffle off an AR-15 rifle amid concerns the event is an illegal lottery.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senate budget plan could include $15M for buses]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 08:24:31 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Senate's 2013-14 budget could buy $15 million worth of new school buses for South Carolina's aging fleet.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Forest Acres City Council elections are Tuesday]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=897396]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivory Hecker]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 23:21:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Tuesday is election day for those who live in Forest Acres.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mayor Benjamin running for second term]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Starkey]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 18:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Columbia mayor Steve Benjamin announced Monday that he is running for a second term.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget week begins in South Carolina Senate]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 18:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Senate's 2013-14 budget could buy $15 million worth of new school buses for South Carolina's aging fleet.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rep. Mulvaney holding town hall in Camden]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 07:58:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney is spending some time talking with some of his constituents in Camden this week.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bluffton Republicans raffling AR-15 rifle]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 13:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Greater Bluffton Republican Club is looking for more members and money. 

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            <title><![CDATA[Senators advance ethics reform package to floor]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 12:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[South Carolina legislators would have to wait eight years after leaving office before they could lobby their peers, under legislation advanced by a Senate committee.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC Gov. Haley signs film incentives bill]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 19:05:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a bill that supporters say could expand the film industry in South Carolina.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Election day problems costing Richland County big bucks]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 17:05:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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