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SC Senate to take up controversial school-choice proposal

The S.C. Senate is poised to vote on a controversial school-choice proposal next week that the upper house’s leader says “could be very close.”
POLITICS

WATCH THE VIDEO: ‘I can’t believe I got handcuffs on me at the State House,’ Ted Vick says

That’s one of the things state Rep. Ted Vick was heard saying Tuesday night when he was arrested on a DUI charge in the State House parking garage in Columbia.
POLITICS

SC high school graduation exit exam could be history

Bill passed by SC House would end exit exam requirement to graduate high school; measure now goes to Senate. Should the exit exam be killed? Take our survey.
POLITICS

SC Senate votes to sell controversial state-owned planes

SC Democrats blasted Governor Haley for allowing her campaign videographer to use the aircraft. Should SC sell the planes? Take our survey.
POLITICS

Congressman Wilson introduces bill to close Obamacare loophole

U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-Springdale, has introduced a bill that he says aims to close a loophole in President Barack Obama's healthcare law that would exempt some congressional staff members from following it.
POLITICS

Sanford returns to Congress, says he’ll focus on finances

The comeback is complete. Former Gov. Mark Sanford is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives again after being sworn into office Wednesday during a ceremony in the House chamber in Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION

Sumter doctor wins controversial seat on MUSC board

The father of a state lawmaker won a seat on the Medical University of South Carolina board Wednesday but only after some S.C. senators threatened to walk out in protest.
POLITICS

SC lawmakers grapple over control of state purchasing

The state House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would reorganize state government. It is the fifth time in five years the House has passed a government restructuring bill. But the bill never has made it to the governor’s desk.
POLITICS

SC probation agency’s request for extra $1.4 million meets resistance

A soon-to-be released audit of the Department of Probation, Pardon and Parole shows the agency has at least $12.5 million in money to spend and a number of positions that have not been filled, according to state Rep. Mike Pitts, R-Laurens, who has seen a summary of the audit.

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Scores killed when huge tornado levels Oklahoma City suburb

Rescue crews were waiting for daylight early Tuesday to aid in the search for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that chewed through a suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday, grinding up entire...

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What's the appropriate level of White House involvement with IG findings?

The White House acknowledged this week that some of its senior officials knew in late-April that the IRS had targeted conservative groups before and after the 2010 midterms, contradicting...

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What's the appropriate level of White House involvement with IG findings?

The White House acknowledged this week that some of its senior officials knew in late-April that the IRS had targeted conservative groups before and after the 2010 midterms, contradicting...

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The Caucus: The Early Word: Pre-Existing Conditions

Political news from today’s Times and around the Web, plus a look at the latest happenings in Washington.

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The Early Word: Pre-Existing Conditions

Political news from today's Times and around the Web, plus a look at the latest happenings in Washington.

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The White House claim of ‘doctored e-mails... to smear the president’

“ That’s a very serious offense that happened where Republicans on the Hill, we voluntarily provided these e-mails to, took one of them, doctored it and gave it to ABC News in an attempt...

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The White House claim of ‘doctored e-mails... to smear the president’

“ That’s a very serious offense that happened where Republicans on the Hill, we voluntarily provided these e-mails to, took one of them, doctored it and gave it to ABC News in an attempt...

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President Obama encouraged the political and economic reforms in Myanmar, but warned the country’s visiting leader, President Thein Sein, that violence against minority Muslims had to stop. &...
Big-name conservatives rally against Senate immigration bill

A coalition of high-profile conservatives and tea party activists has signed a letter urging members of Congress to oppose a bipartisan Senate immigration bill, an attempt to increase public pressure...