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Sunday, June 16, 2013  One of the authors of a bipartisan Senate proposal is warning fellow Republicans that if they fail to pass an immigration overhaul, the party's prospects of winning the White House are dim.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was in Myrtle Beach Thursday evening to meet with Grand Strand business leaders at the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Georgetown Mayor Jack Scoville appears to have secured the Democratic nomination in a primary for his seat.

Saturday, June 08, 2013  Executive director Alex Stroman says Chad Connelly submitted his resignation on Saturday during a meeting of the party's executive committee.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  How to handle finances was a hot topic at Monday night's Atlantic Beach town council meeting, partly because the town is $868,000 in debt.

Sunday, June 02, 2013  South Carolina's legislative session is supposed to end this week. Yet all the reform measures that legislators of both parties and chambers called top priorities back in January remain undone.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes will run for another term.

Sunday, May 26, 2013  A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee says that military commanders who allow sexual assault to flourish should be fired.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  South Carolina senators have defeated an attempt to help parents pay for private school tuition or educate them at home through the state budget.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The House Agriculture Committee has approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Tuesday, the Marlboro County Town of McColl held elections for the mayor's seat and six town council seats.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Joe Dugan, the Chairman of the Board of the Myrtle Beach Tea Party says his group formed in March 2009, filed for nonprofit  status later that year or in early 2010, then received eight pages of questions from the Internal Revenue Service in February 2012.

Monday, May 06, 2013 

Saturday, May 04, 2013  The party selected 37-year-old Orangeburg native Jaime Harrison as its new leader at Saturday's convention in Columbia.

Saturday, May 04, 2013  Connelly fought off two challengers and won nearly 75 percent of the vote to remain chairman of the party after Saturday's vote at the GOP convention in Columbia. He was first elected in 2011.