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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  South Carolina lawmakers want to extend and enhance credit services for taxpayers compromised by last fall's hacking at the Revenue Department.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  A Revenue Department ruling has prompted the cancellation of a charity alcohol sampling event in Myrtle Beach.

Friday, April 05, 2013  The state revenue department says there's been no significant drop in electronic tax returns, despite last year's hacking of the South Carolina system.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  The former director of computer security for the South Carolina Department of Revenue says the security of taxpayer information didn't get the attention it deserved at the agency.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  A state Senate panel probing ways to increase the state's cyber security is scheduled to take testimony from the company South Carolina hired in the wake of the hacking of millions of taxpayers' personal data.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  South Carolina's tax collection agency will receive a $20 million loan to pay for the state's response to the hacking of millions of taxpayers' personal data.

Friday, December 07, 2012  A judge is allowing the state Revenue Department to notify banks and credit unions of the 3.3 million bank account numbers compromised when someone hacked department tax files.

Monday, November 26, 2012  A Democratic state legislator has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley has ordered her Cabinet agencies to use state-provided computer monitoring, as taxpayers' cost for responding to a massive security breach at South Carolina's tax collection agency continues to climb.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley has picked a new chief of South Carolina's Department of Insurance.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is announcing her choice to run a Cabinet agency.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  Experts say that the hacking of 3.6 million South Carolina tax returns is the largest cyber-attack against a state tax agency in the nation.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  The director of South Carolina's Medicaid agency is warning legislators that the numbers of already-eligible residents signing up for the government program through 2014 could exceed estimates, further eating into state revenue.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011  James Etter is the Vice President and CFO of Norco Equipment, a forestry equipment manufacturer.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  Governor-Elect Nikki Haley says Tony Keck, a former policy advisor to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, will help the Palmetto State "deal with Obamacare."