Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:22 AM EST
A new poll shows Southerners are fretting about job loss and the economy and don't think the federal government is doing enough to address either.
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Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:15 AM EST
Disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford might not have much political capital these days, but his wife is using hers.
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:36 PM EST
The long recession is cutting more money from state revenues and expected to force spending cuts of nearly $120 million from South Carolina schools, colleges and prisons.
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:06 PM EST
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that South Carolina can't issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase "I Believe."
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Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:04 PM EST
South Carolina's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an ethics investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford's travel must be made public, clearing the way for lawmakers considering impeachment to review a report on the probe.
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:21 PM EDT
South Carolina lawmakers will not consider a move to impeach Republican Gov. Mark Sanford anytime soon.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:03 PM EDT
A South Carolina legislator says he expects to introduce a resolution to impeach Republican Gov. Mark Sanford for skipping the state for five days in June to rendezvous with his lover.
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:06 PM EDT
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday lawmakers should look at problems at the Employment Security Commission when they return to the Statehouse next week in an effort to ensure more workers don't lose emergency jobless benefits.
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Wed Oct 7, 2009 9:18 PM EDT
When a Highway Patrol trooper told a driver Tuesday that there was no good reason for him to blaze down a busy stretch of South Carolina interstate at 85 mph, he got a surprising reply: "Tell him that."
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Wed Oct 7, 2009 9:05 PM EDT
An official says the Highway Patrol stopped embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's car for speeding this week but the trooper let the politician's protective detail driver go without a ticket.
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:58 PM EDT
Lawyers representing South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford in an ethics investigation are asking the state Supreme Court to keep the report out of the hands of a Legislature expected to consider impeaching him.
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Wed Sep 9, 2009 2:41 PM EDT
Republican Gov. Mark Sanford is no stranger to going it alone — and nearly three months after calling his mistress his "soul mate," he's been virtually marooned.
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Wed Sep 9, 2009 1:27 PM EDT
Sixty South Carolina House Republicans are asking Gov. Mark Sanford to resign.
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Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:40 PM EDT
Calls are growing louder for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign over his extramarital affair and questionable travel on commercial, state and private planes.
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Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:05 PM EDT
Republican legislators fumed Saturday over Gov. Mark Sanford's affair and questionable travel, though they stopped short of trying to force his resignation or impeachment before they return to the Statehouse in January.
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Sun Aug 9, 2009 12:05 PM EDT
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford used state aircraft for personal and political trips, often bringing along his wife and children — contrary to state law regarding official use, an Associated Press investigation has found.
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Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:23 PM EDT
Less than a month before he traveled to Argentina to see his mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford predicted in a letter to his spiritual adviser that "public humiliation" would follow revelations of his shattered marriage.
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Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:50 PM EDT
Office e-mails from South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford released Wednesday show a man of few words, a stark contrast to the lengthy, intensely personal messages he sent to his Argentine mistress.
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:43 AM EDT
South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says her husband's affair with an Argentine woman broke a trust that he must earn back — first from his family, then his constituents.
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Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:13 PM EDT
A day after his stunning confession that he cheated on his wife with a woman in Argentina, a chastened Gov. Mark Sanford sought to do damage control Thursday at home with his family while many politicians urged the South Carolina leader to resign.
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Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:26 PM EDT
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tells reporters staking out his beach home that he's focusing on his family right now.
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Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:44 PM EDT
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Thursday he will reimburse the state for a trade mission to Argentina last year during which he saw a woman with whom he acknowledges a yearlong affair.
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Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:43 PM EDT
A top South Carolina Republican leader says philandering Gov. Mark Sanford should resign and practice the philosophy he's preached of holding GOP leaders accountable. Glenn McCall is one of the state's two national representatives to the Republican National Committee. He's also a county party chairman and said Thursday that party members want Sanford out.
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Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:12 PM EDT
A top South Carolina Republican leader says philandering Gov. Mark Sanford should resign and practice the philosophy he's preached of holding GOP leaders accountable.
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Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:17 PM EDT
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was with his family Thursday as legal and ethical questions swirled over his secret trip to see a woman in Argentina with whom he admitted an affair.
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