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Scoppe: Ethics reform: At a crossroads

A YEAR AFTER political scandals launched a cluster of competing study panels and catapulted ethics reform to the top of the 2012 campaign agenda, the Legislature has reached a critical crossroads. What happens in the Senate will determine how strong we can hope our new ethics law to be.

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LOCAL NEWS

No one hurt as fire forces 140 workers out of plant

An early Thursday morning fire at Wabtec Global Services forced more than 140 employees to evacuate the building, the Columbia Fire Department reported.
ELECTIONS IN COLUMBIA AND THE MIDLANDS

Orangeburg elections chief to lead Richland elections office

After meeting with Howard Jackson behind closed doors for about 35 minutes, the four-person Board of Elections & Voter Registration chose the Orangeburg County elections director to lead the $1.2 million office.
POLITICS

Columbia couple sues state over toddler’s sexual-reassignment surgery

The lawsuits, filed Tuesday in state and federal courts, are the first of their kind in the nation, said Ken Suggs, a Columbia-based attorney, who joined Mark and Pam Crawford and other civil-rights advocacy groups to announce the suits.
TESTING

Headline test May 13, 2013

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GOLF

Woods keeps it dry and wins Players Championship

Tiger Woods had the last word against Sergio Garcia by winning The Players Championship on Sunday.
CRIME

Prosecution: Brett Parker was ‘a man at the end of his rope’

Testimony in the double murder trial began Wednesday with opening statements from attorneys, a recording of a frantic 911 call and emotional testimony from a Richland County Sheriff’s Department victim’s advocate who accompanied the Parker family as they told two children their mother...
CRIME

Opening arguments Wed. in double-murder trial of Irmo bookie

Prosecutors want to focus on affair; judge might not allow it.
POLITICS

New congressman Sanford, ex-wife settle complaint

U.S. Rep.-elect Mark Sanford and his ex-wife, Jenny, on Wednesday settled a complaint she brought alleging Sanford has repeatedly violated their divorce agreement by entering her home without her permission.
CRIME

S. Congaree town hall raided

FBI, SLED seize documents; police chief, administrator placed on leave
CRIME

Ex-chief hired for low-stress job at Richland sheriff’s department

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced that former Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott will start May 13 with the title of inspector. Scott will become community liaison and join the leadership training team..