State Attorney General Alan Wilson’s inaction impeded an investigation into corruption at the South Carolina Statehouse, whether he intended it to or not, according to a State Grand Jury report released Tuesday after a two-year investigation. In response, Wilson told ...

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A judge has ordered the release of a State Grand Jury report on political corruption in South Carolina. Media outlets report judge Clifton Newman gave attorneys until Friday to offer their thoughts on information that should be redacted during a ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) The former chairman of one of South Carolina’s most powerful legislative committees is set to go on trial later this year on charges that are part of a wide-ranging, ongoing probe into Statehouse corruption. A judge on Aug. ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of South Carolina’s longest-serving state senators pleaded guilty to a corruption charge Mune 4 and resigned. Republican Sen. John Courson entered a guilty plea to misconduct in office the same day his trial was supposed to ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A suspended South Carolina state senator is set to go on trial on misconduct charges. Trial is scheduled in Columbia on June 4 for Sen. John Courson, who is also charged with converting campaign money to his ...

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LEXINGTON (AP) The South Carolina House has its newest member. Republican Chris Wooten ran unopposed to win the May 1 special election in House District 69 in Lexington County near Lake Murray. The owner of a personal training business and ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A judge has refused to increase the sentence for a former South Carolina lawmaker who pleaded guilty to misconduct in office in an investigation of Statehouse corruption. Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen ruled March 6 she will not re-sentence former ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A prosecutor wants a judge to throw out a sentence of probation against a South Carolina lawmaker, saying her unwillingness to listen to his legal arguments left him worried the judge’s “impartiality has been undermined,” according to legal ...

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BEAUFORT (AP) A former South Carolina lawmaker avoided prison Feb. 12 when a judge sentenced him to two years on probation for his guilty plea to a misdemeanor corruption charge. Former state Rep. Rick Quinn Jr. was also fined $1,000 ...

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COLUMBIA(AP) Sentencing is set next week for a former South Carolina lawmaker who has pleaded guilty to charges in an investigation of corruption at the Statehouse. The sentencing of former Lexington Rep. Rick Quinn by Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen is ...

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