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Friday, April 05, 2013  The state revenue department says there's been no significant drop in electronic tax returns, despite last year's hacking of the South Carolina system.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Wednesday marks the opening day for tax season, after the Internal Revenue Service had to push back the original date of January 22 to start filing due to the fiscal cliff debate.

Monday, January 28, 2013  Candidates have just a few more hours to file to run for an open South Carolina congressional seat.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  The inactivity in Washington D.C. at the end of last year is cutting into the bottom line of some businesses. Nearly a month ago, Congress came up with an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff but because lawmakers came so close to the edge, their actions or inactions caused a setback in filing tax returns.

Friday, January 18, 2013  The filing period is set to begin for those who want to run for South Carolina's vacant 1st Congressional District seat.

Monday, January 14, 2013  The Internal Revenue Service pushed back when they'll accept returns to the end of the month, because they had to wait for Congress to finish fiscal cliff talks.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  U.S. foreclosure filings dropped to a five-year low in September as fewer homes were on track to be seized by lenders.

Sunday, August 12, 2012  Early Friday morning, Myrtle Beach police arrested Shane Lurvey Geddie, 24, after officers say he lied about being robbed in his pizza delivery car.

Monday, May 07, 2012  Monday night, the Horry County GOP met to simply vote for a new vice-chair and executive committee chairman. Nearly four hours later, some yelling, and infighting, not too much had progressed.

Friday, May 04, 2012  The South Carolina Republican and Democratic parties have submitted corrected lists of candidates who are eligible to appear on the June 12 primary ballot, as required by the SC Supreme Court this week.

Friday, May 04, 2012  State officials say nearly 200 candidates improperly filed financial paperwork and are being left off ballots for South Carolina's June 12 primary.

Friday, May 04, 2012  The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says lawmakers must try to approve legislation returning candidates to the June primary ballots who were bumped off because of a state Supreme Court decision.

Friday, May 04, 2012  A federal lawsuit has been filed over a South Carolina Supreme Court decision that officials say could keep hundreds of candidates from appearing on ballots for the state's June 12 primaries.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  South Carolina's Democrats and Republicans want clarification of a court ruling they fear might mean most candidates challenging incumbents across the state would be kept off ballots for the June primary.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012  Both Democrat and Republican state lawmakers will file a motion of clarification Thursday morning regarding a SC high court decision that knocked dozens of candidates off the primary according to State Representative Alan Clemmons (R-Myrtle Beach), chairman of the house election law committee.