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SC House panel endorses bill to allow guns in restaurants, bars
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SC Senate defeats tax credits for private school tuition
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SC Senate kills last effort to expand Medicaid
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SC roads bill running short on time
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Travelling Vietnam Wall Memorial arrives in Sumter
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Naval Hospital Beaufort opens new outpatient clinic
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SC political briefs, May 23
SC Senate OKS hacking fund; SC budget advances; Sen. Ford seeks dismissal of ethics charges
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SC congressman grills IRS officials
An Internal Revenue Service official tried to evoke her Fifth Amendment rights in a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, but she could now be forced to face committee members after U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-Spartanburg, questioned her...
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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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FROM THE MILITARY
For student vet, sign-on bonus and no student loans ‘looked pretty good’
Columbia native Joe Bastedo went from preparing pizzas in his hometown to clearing roadside bombs in the unforgiving conditions of Afghanistan.
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SC MILITARY NEWS
F-35B completes first vertical takeoff
An F-35B fighter jet test aircraft completed its first vertical takeoff earlier this month in Maryland, according to a news release from manufacturers Lockheed Martin.
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CRIME
SC Death Row three-time killer’s death being investigated
Kenneth Justus, a convicted three-time killer whose crimes symbolized to many a reason for the death penalty, has died on South Carolina’s Death Row while awaiting execution.
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SC NATIONAL GUARD
Richland Sheriff’s Department finalist for Defense Department award
The Freedom Award is the highest recognition given by the agency to employers for exceptional support of employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve.
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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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SHAW AIR FORCE BASE
Traveling Vietnam memorial arrives in Sumter
Sumter residents and visitors are invited to watch the escort procession for the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall on Wednesday as it arrives in Sumter.
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STATE
SC Senate defeats private school choice proposal
South Carolina senators have defeated an attempt to help parents pay for private school tuition or educate them at home through the state budget.








