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The state Senate has approved a $6.6 billion spending plan that gives most state workers a 3 percent raise, distributes more money to public schools and hires more than 100 law enforcement officers.
FLORENCE, S.C. – Candidates in the 7th Congressional District races say they’re confident they’ll have an impact on national policy, but voters aren’t so sure the new representative will make a difference.
Forget about Mitt Romney — it was Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio that South Carolina Republicans were talking about in Columbia this week as he headlined the party’s May 19 convention night dinner.
A contentious proposal that would give tax breaks to South Carolina families with kids in private schools might be dead this year — but this session’s battle has advanced the issue further than ever in what advocates contend is a long war.
"The question is: do you have another white-bread sandwich and, you know, is it just going to be boring to voters out there? I think that that's the question with Portman." -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R), in a Fox News interview, on why Mitt Romney might not want to pick Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) as his running mate.
This is a quiz. You’re at a busy intersection stopped under a red traffic signal and an ambulance with sirens blaring approaches. Nobody moves an inch to let the emergency vehicle through. What’s the problem?
FLORENCE, S.C. – The 7th Congressional District is a brand new representative entity, with the faces of some candidates most voters don’t really know.
Voters will be asked in November whether the governor and lieutenant governor should run together, but the change wouldn't take place until 2018. The House agreed Wednesday with the Senate's move to delay the joint ticket change by four years. The chamber voted 97-16 without debate. Rob Godfrey, a spokesman for Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, confirmed that she had asked House Republicans to concur ...
Rare Book Found in South Carolina Library Vault
Francis Tapon's new book follows his three-year, 25-country trek through Eastern Europe.