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SC political briefs, May 24
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AG: 2 SC groups say they were targeted by IRS
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SC political briefs, May 23
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SC congressman grills IRS officials
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EXCLUSIVE Michael Haley: No better way to represent S.C. than in the Guard
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SC House panel endorses bill to allow guns in restaurants, bars
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SC roads bill running short on time
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SC Senate defeats tax credits for private school tuition
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SC Dems to Gov. Nikki Haley: Dismiss ‘white supremacist’ from campaign committee
In an interview with The State Friday, Garcia-Quintana dismissed accusations of racism, saying the council “supports Caucasian heritage.”
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SC Senate passes $500 million road-repair deal
The deal was made when the Senate voted to spend $50 million a year to repair state roads and bridges. The money would go to the State Infrastructure Bank, which would use it to borrow up to $500 million.
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SC Senate OKs tax credits for private-school grants, teacher supplies
Offered by state Sen. Kevin Bryant, R-Anderson, the tax credit was part of a larger plan to give tax credits to parents who send their children to private school that lawmakers rejected Wednesday.
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Graham and Scott report financial holdings
South Carolina’s U.S. senators have most of their wealth in real estate and took advantage of low interest rates to refinance mortgages last year, according to their latest personal financial disclosure statements.
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SC Senate kills last effort to expand Medicaid
The vote was 23-19, with two Republicans – Ray Cleary of Georgetown and Paul Campbell of Berkeley County – joining all of the Senate’s 17 Democrats present in voting for the expansion. Four senators, one Democrat and three Republicans, were absent.
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POLITICS
Worth a shot: SC-NC legislators to play basketball game
A dozen S.C. lawmakers are heading to Raleigh on Tuesday to play some of their North Carolina counterparts in a basketball game.
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POLITICS
SC House panel proposes new computer agency
A South Carolina House committee proposed Tuesday creating a separate Cabinet-level agency to oversee information technology in response to a massive computer data breach at the S.C. Department of Revenue last year.
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LOCAL NEWS
Bill would force SC schools to be more careful with athletes’ concussions
A high school athlete who suffers a concussion will have to get approval from a physician before returning to sports activities, according to a bill being considered by the state Senate.
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POLITICS
SC political briefs, May 22
Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she and her two children were very happy to have S.C. first gentleman Michael Haley home on a two-week leave from his year-long state National Guard deployment in Afghanistan.
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POLITICS
SC governor urges Senate to pass ethics reform
Republicans and Democrats pointed fingers at each other on Tuesday over an ethics bill that, as the legislative calendar winds down, appears more likely it will not pass this year.
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POLITICS
SC House bill would end ‘school choice’ for student-property owners
A decades-old form of “school choice” is under fire from lawmakers who say it is not fair to all S.C. families.
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POLITICS
SC Gov. Haley happy her husband home on leave from guard deployment
Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she and her two children were very happy to have South Carolina First Gentleman Michael Haley home on a two-week leave from his year-long state National Guard deployment in Afghanistan.
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