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Today at 1:45 PM  State officials say the next contract for taxpayers' credit monitoring services must be issued next month to prevent a coverage lapse.

Friday, June 14, 2013  Candidates and third party groups spent about $7.3 million in the race for South Carolina's 1st District congressional seat earlier this year.

Friday, June 14, 2013  South Carolina lawmakers have confirmed the appointments of two members to the state's Board of Paroles and Pardons.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  Work is under way to rebuild the Windsor Green condominiums near Myrtle Beach that were ravaged by a wildfire in March.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  State Commerce officials will be in Paris next week without Gov. Nikki Haley to tout South Carolina's growing aerospace industry.

Monday, June 10, 2013  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and her husband earned $284,000 in her second year as the state's CEO, with $175,000 of that as the remaining advance on her memoir.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  South Carolina's breweries may now sell pints to people touring their facilities.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  A 28-year-old Democratic state House member from Denmark is considering a run for lieutenant governor next year.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  The 2013 legislative session may be characterized more for what lawmakers did not accomplish than the laws they passed.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  A Democratic senator has asked Gov. Nikki Haley whether South Carolina paid a ransom to the computer hacker who stole millions of taxpayers' personal information last fall.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  A Senate Democrat says Gov. Nikki Haley may only have herself to blame if ethics reform doesn't pass this year. Sen. Darrell Jackson of Columbia says he was appalled by comments after former Sen. Robert Ford resigned Friday.

Monday, June 03, 2013  Newly elected U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is spending some time in Beaufort.

Friday, May 31, 2013  A half-dozen congressmen from the Carolinas and Virginia are urging Interior Secretary Sally Jewel to use "extreme caution" when considering any proposals for oil and gas exploration in Atlantic waters.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  Probe of well-connected truck stop chain, owned by the Tennessee governor's family, may widen

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Newly elected U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is back in the 1st District for a busy day of appearances.