COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has voted to use $10 million from a national mortgage settlement to close economic development deals.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It appears the Republicans will keep the state Senate seat vacated by Glenn McConnell when he became lieutenant governor earlier this year.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is visiting the South Carolina Lowcountry to meet with Republican Party faithful.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The voting in South Carolina's primary season is over.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some South Carolina voters head back to the polls for primary runoffs with only a few major races on the ballot.

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — The woman who finished in first place in the Democratic primary in South Carolina's new 7th Congressional District should soon learn whether she is the nominee or has to face a runoff in just five days.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A compromise on the state budget may rest on whether South Carolina's small business owners get a tax break.

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — There are primary races in four South Carolina congressional districts but most of the attention is on the crowded races in the state's new 7th Congressional District in the northeastern corner of the state.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's governor and two of the state's congressional Republicans are talking about federal offshore drilling legislation.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A lawsuit is seeking to remove the son of late U.S. Strom Thurmond from a South Carolina state Senate race.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nearly three dozen additional candidates have been disqualified from the South Carolina primaries next week.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new state Supreme Court ruling means that even more candidates could be removed from ballots for South Carolina's primary next week.