...Social Security numbers, a former computer security chief at the agency said Thursday.Scott Shealy told a South Carolina House committee investigating hacked tax records at the Revenue Department that he spoke to his bosses for several years about...

...is unlikely to pass this year. The issue of school choice got tangled in red tape Tuesday when a special South Carolina House committee created to study the matter recommended more probing. It took hours, but the 13-member panel finally had...

A bill that would reinstate bans on video poker payouts in 12 counties, including Aiken, has cleared a House committee and now goes to the full House. The House Ways and Means Committee approved a proposal that would attach civil penalties to certain offenses associated with video poker, instead of criminal penalties, said state Rep. Roland Smith, a Ways and Means member. "The referendum is included. We will not have to redo the referendum," the Langley Republican said, referring to a 1994 county-bycounty vote held statewide that outlawed cash payouts in the 12 counties.

...a dressing room would be allowed to breast-feed her child in public view under legislation approved by a South Carolina House committee Tuesday. At least 35 states already protect a mother's right to breast-feed in any public or private...