...Larry Martin, R-Pickens, said at the annual legislative workshop co-hosted by The Associated Press, South Carolina Press Association and South Carolina Broadcasters Association.While fixing the election laws top House caucus agendas...

...information. It involves a police shooting and unanswered questions that need to be brought to light," said South Carolina Press Association Executive Director Bill Rogers.The association's Freedom of Information fund is helping with the appeal...

...The important thing is information not be taxed. Nobody buys the newspaper for the paper and ink," said South Carolina Press Association Executive Director Bill Rogers.The state's broadcasters are in a similar spot. They convinced lawmakers...

...North Augusta Chamber of Commerce as Small Business Persons of the Year.Mim Woodring also was named the South Carolina Press Association's Newspaper Woman of the Year in 1966 and was the first woman elected to serve on the association's...

...reasonable citizens to wonder if public money is being misspent," wrote Jay Bender, who also represents the South Carolina Press Association.In the chamber's July newsletter, Dean wrote an article saying the information the newspaper is asking...

...supposed to go to the state Agency Head Salary Commission by Sept. 1. Pinson says the report might be late.South Carolina Press Association attorney Jay Bender says any document the board created would be a public record and is subject to release...

...took up too much space. Staffers keep all e-mails Haley sends to the public, it said.A lawyer for the South Carolina Press Association said e-mails between staffers in the governor's office are public records and should be kept. Historians...

...was not at the meeting.Bailey is a former prosecutor and says he was qualified to give legal advice.South Carolina Press Association Attorney Jay Bender says he doesn't think that approach complies with the law.The committee took no...

...Awendaw Attorney Dwayne Green says the town can decide what kind of taping it wants, either audio or video.South Carolina Press Association attorney Jay Bender says state law allows anyone to tape a meeting in any format as long as the person is...

...elects new presidentThe publisher of the Barnwell Newspaper Group has been elected the new president of the South Carolina Press Association.Laura J. McKenzie was selected Saturday at the association's winter meeting in Columbia. She oversees...