Ballot challenge dies, but petitions bring new hope
Lawsuit accused state Election Commission of violating the federal Voting Rights Act
MAY 18, 2012 8:48 a.m. 
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With the failure of a lawsuit brought by a Greer candidate for state Senate, it appears likely that the 180 candidates – including more than a dozen in the Upstate – who were disqualified by a South Carolina Supreme Court decision will remain off the ballot for the June 12 primary.
But that doesn’t mean that grass-roots organizers across the state intend to give up. Continue reading...
Lawmakers rush to clean up election mess
S.C. Supreme Court ruling sweeps 180 from ballots, including 15 in Upstate
MAY 11, 2012 9:00 a.m. (0)
In the wake of the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision last week that effectively disqualified 180 candidates statewide from primary ballots, lawmakers are scrambling in Columbia to get most of the candidates reinstated.
The chairman of the state Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Larry A. Martin (R-Pickens) – whose own primary opponent, Rex Rice, was removed by the Supreme Court ruling – called an emergency meeting of the committee Tuesday morning, May 8, to discuss legislation to get the disqualified candidates back on their ballots. The committee voted to pass legislation that would allow all disqualified candidates back on the ballot, provided they had filed all of the necessary paperwork by April 20. Continue reading...
Thousands drive over substandard bridges daily
Four bridges in Spartanburg and Greenville make state’s Top 20 list
MAY 11, 2012 8:58 a.m. (0)
Four bridges in Greenville and Spartanburg counties – which together carry more than three-quarters of a million vehicles a week – are among the state’s most substandard.
The four bridges – two on Interstate 85 in Spartanburg County and two on U.S. 29 in Greenville County – made the state’s list of top 20 substandard bridges because they don’t meet federal standards for design or structural integrity, according to data compiled by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and AAA Carolinas. Continue reading...
Somers, Corbin, Miler battle for District 5 Senate seat
APRIL 26, 2012 11:19 a.m. (0)
State tax cuts will skewer local governments
APRIL 12, 2012 12:54 p.m. (0)
324th gets big send-off before deployment
APRIL 5, 2012 2:30 p.m. (0)
Warmest March on record at GSP
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South Carolina tourism is bouncing back
MARCH 1, 2012 12:15 p.m. (0)
Camp Buckhorn restoration continues with cabin work
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Interstate-85 proposal coming in March
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Religious leaders stay out of GOP contest
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Animal behavior - not just for animals
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Wyche honored by parks service
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Drill sergeant to apple grower
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Disabilities agency faces County Council
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Upstate capacitor manufacturers thwart smugglers
MAY 18, 2012 9:03 a.m. (0)
Scottish Games outgrows its name
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