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The Midlands fastest growing county has enacted a temporary moratorium on new residential subdivisions in its latest attempt to slow development while it determines how to handle issues associated with its rising population.
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is among 22 top state lawyers opposing statehood for Washington, D.C., saying it would be unconstitutional based on the Founding Fathers' position on the matter.
Fresh off an election cycle in which South Carolina Democrats raised millions of dollars but still lost a U.S. Senate race by double digits, their first challenge will be convincing donors and voters not to give up on the Palmetto State.
South Carolina is buying 235 propane-fueled school buses with $23.6 million remaining from a huge automaker settlement, bringing what was long the nation's oldest fleet to an average age of just 5 years old.
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The on-campus Apple store in Columbia, open to those with a connection to USC, is expected to be in business soon.
Three Richland County women face felony charges in a scheme state authorities say bilked a cable company of more than $700,000 in services and equipment.
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