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After public hearings, DHEC sticks with its suggestion on food stamp restrictions
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No pay raises for state employees in SC budget deal
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Lunch, with a side of politics: Legislators dish on where, how they break for meals
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S.C. State House reopens after evacuation due to smoke
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$1 million in AmeriCorps grants slated for S.C. organizations
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Fight against Common Core flares in South Carolina
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The Buzz: SC GOP flees debt, an “Obama judge”
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SC inches closer to other states with military-friendly legislation
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House committee takes up tough Gowdy immigration bill
A key committee in the Republican-led House moved Tuesday toward approving a tough enforcement-focused immigration bill, over objections from Democrats and disruptions from protesters shouting “Shame, shame, shame!”
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S.C. House and Senate adopt more than $22 billion spending plan
Hundreds of millions in road money, relief for state employees facing rising health insurance premiums, private-school choice and expansion of the state’s 4-year-old kindergarten program are highlights of what taxpayers are getting in the state...
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SC political briefs, June 19
S.C. budget vote set for Wednesday
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SC review finds ‘questionable’ stats, other ills in S.C. First Steps
S.C. First Steps uses “questionable statistics” to show it helps children succeed in school, over- and underfunded various county partnerships and has poor participation by its governing board, according to a state audit released Tuesday.
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SC legislators reach deals on road repair, 4K spending
Budget negotiators reached a tentative deal Friday on road funding and education that appears to clear the way for the state’s $22.7 billion spending plan, set to take effect July 1.
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School-choice debate looms in budget talks
A debate over how much private school “choice” S.C. taxpayers should subsidize looms as lawmakers work to adopt a budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
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Pee Dee clinic excluded from receiving state money for poor
Genesis Health Care, which has offices in Darlington and Florence counties, is the only health center of a group of health centers that serve the poor, excluded, according to the S.C. House’s $22.7 billion spending proposal.
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SC student leaders gather in state capitol
Part summer camp, part crash course in politics, the Palmetto Boys and Girls State programs allows rising high school seniors – selected by their teachers – to participate in a simulated political system designed to teach them about how government works. During the week, students run for...
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SC political briefs, June 14
South Carolina’s pension fund investments are expected to post double-digit earnings for the current fiscal year.
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SC delegation at odds over immigration reform
A Republican proposal to deputize local police as immigration agents was the subject of a House hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday. The bill, authored by Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC), is being advanced as an alternative to the 'Gang of 8' immigration reform bill championed by Sen. Lindsey Graham (...
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POLITICS
More than $7 million spent in SC's 1st District
Former Gov. Mark Sanford won his old seat in South Carolina's 1st District last month last month in a campaign in which candidates and outside groups spent about $7.3 million.
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SC student leaders celebrate citizenship
Delegates from all over SC gathered on the state house grounds Friday to elect officers and hear from SC Governor Nikki Haley during the 2013 Boys and Girls State.
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