S.C. Candidates Pledge to Fully Arm GIs
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The two candidates vying to fill South Carolina's open Senate seat both pledged Sunday to fully arm American troops in Iraq, as the Army investigates the refusal of a South Carolina-based platoon to go on a convoy mission because their trucks were unarmored.
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By Katy Stech, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb.
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John McCain on Wednesday sharply defended his opposition eight years ago to the flying of the Confederate battle flag over the South Carolina state capitol in Columbia, brushing aside protests that dogged him at campaign events and suggesting most people in the state don't want the issue reopened.
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Republican  presidential candidates turned their attention to South  Carolina on Wednesday with their White House race as wide open  as ever with a win by Mitt Romney in Michigan.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in an unpredictable White House race after scoring tough wins in the first major presidential voting in the U.S. South and West.
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By Zane Wilson, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 16--COLUMBIA -- State Rep. Billy Witherspoon on Thursday stepped to the front of a nationwide issue involving how much nuclear waste South Carolina should accept.
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Four South Carolinians who challenged the state's segregated school system will receive Congress' highest honor for civilians next month, lawmakers said Wednesday.
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va.  - President Bush,  faced with opposition in Republican ranks to his intentions to  revamp Social Security, pledged on Friday to provide members  with political cover from any fallout over the debate.
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COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 16 -- The three Republicans who have won early-state contests have succeeded in an atmosphere of hyperlocal politics, using personal charisma and energetic retail campaigning to appeal to narrow constituencies.
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Alarmed by the way authorities confiscated guns in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the National Rifle Association called on all police chiefs and mayors Thursday to sign a pledge that they will never forcibly disarm law-abiding citizens.
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By Jefferson George, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--Gaston County leaders have compiled an extensive list of goals they want state legislators to pursue in this year's General Assembly.   Each year that the N.C.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from its Statehouse grounds, in part because the nation should unite under one banner while at war.
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The Republican presidential candidates opened a critical contest in South Carolina on Thursday night, sparring over national issues that resonate in the state, with a key focus on the economy and immigration.
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GREENVILLE, S.C.  - Democratic state education  superintendent Inez Tenenbaum is giving Republicans an  unexpectedly tough battle for a U.S. Senate seat in  conservative South Carolina.
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By Jason M. Rodriguez, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 6--CAROLINA SHORES, N.C. -- An eight-year battle to control stormwater flow is going to take even longer and now hinges on the state's proposed plan for widening U.S. 17.
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As the federal assault-weapons ban expired Monday, Democratic nominee John Kerry assured it will live as an issue in the presidential campaign by lambasting President
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Democrats vowed on Saturday to protect the Social Security retirement program from &quot;privatization&quot; by US President George W. Bush and his Republican allies, who expanded their congressional majorities in elections this week.