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$1 million in AmeriCorps grants slated for S.C. organizations
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S.C. State House reopens after evacuation due to smoke
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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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SC legislators reach deals on road repair, 4K spending
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School-choice debate looms in budget talks
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Pee Dee clinic excluded from receiving state money for poor
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Audit finds systemic problems plague SC's $41M pre-K agency
A state audit released Tuesday on S.C. First Steps reported the agency used questionable statistics to show the agency’s impact, over- and under-...
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After public hearings, DHEC sticks with its suggestion on food stamp restrictions
After hearing all the pros and cons during several months of public input, the state health department has recommended that South Carolina apply for a waiver to ban the use of food stamps for sugary drinks, candy, cookies and cakes.
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No pay raises for state employees in SC budget deal
State employees will not get a pay increase if a budget deal reached Monday night by House and Senate negotiators – following three hours of back-room negotiations – becomes law.
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Lunch, with a side of politics: Legislators dish on where, how they break for meals
At 2:45 a.m., the last place you expect members of the South Carolina House of Representatives to be is sitting at a table at Denny’s on Two Notch Road.
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POLITICS
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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POLITICS
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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POLITICS
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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POLITICS
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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BUSINESS
SC business leaders continue push for support of Gang of Eight immigration bill
A group of S.C. business leaders gathered in a State House office building Thursday afternoon to urge passage of a federal immigration bill, saying immigrant workers were “an asset on the balance sheet.”
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POLITICS
SC Supreme Court dismisses Rainey ethics complaint against Gov. Haley
John Rainey – a prominent Republican fundraiser and former chief economic forecaster under former GOP Gov. Mark Sanford – had argued that Haley used her position while a Lexington state representative for personal gain, lobbying for Lexington Medical Center, where she was a fundraiser...
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