...to decide and instead should be handled by the House Ethics Committee. Rainey appealed that decision but also filed...lawyers say the issue is moot anyway since the House Ethics Committee cleared the governor in its own proceedings. Spokesman...

...say over cell-phone towers.Thursday is Disability Day. It could also turn out to be Ethics Day since the House Ethics Committee considers a pair of bills further restricting people owing late taxes from serving in public office, and Speaker...

...ethics committees before forming an opinion. Harrell, first elected in 1992, said he's never been before the House Ethics Committee.THE ACCUSATION AGAINST HIM involves a 2006 state permit to Palmetto State Pharma ceu ticals, a company that...

...for money withdrawn from his campaign and had used his campaign account for personal expenses.Harrell said the House Ethics Committee was the appropriate place to file a complaint. Landess' complaint said there would be conflicts of interest...

...accusing Gov. Nikki Haley of illegal lobbying while a state representative.Rep. Joan Brady, a member of the House Ethics Committee, said the case involving Haley before her election as governor has gotten too complicated and the committee...

...fly-around the state, Harrell said Haley's own questionable actions highlighted the need for such reform. The House Ethics Committee cleared Haley in June of allegations that she illegally lobbied for a hospital and an engineering firm with state...

...it was supposed to. The level of how critical she was improved every day."In other newsTHE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE Ethics Committee has asked for more employment information from South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley before deciding whether to reopen...

COLUMBIA - The House Ethics Committee officially reopened Wednesday an ethics complaint that accuses South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley of illegally lobbying for two previous...

COLUMBIA - The House Ethics Committee decided Thursday to hold a public hearing June 28 on allegations...Pitts, R-Laurens, the committee's vice chairman.The House Ethics Committee chose two lawyers with Willoughby & Hoefer to represent the...

...member of the delegation," Mike Biediger told the House Ethics Committee.The testimony was part of the panel's first...48,000.Thursday's meeting comes after the House Ethics Committee voted unanimously in early May that it had found...