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.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson says he's one of the only lawmakers in South Carolina who is politically incorrect enough to favor a new port terminal in Jasper County.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Supreme Court may boot more candidates from primary ballots, just one week before voters go to the polls.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — With no statewide races this primary season in South Carolina, most of the attention is focused on the primaries in the state's new 7th Congressional District.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat has briefly directed the Republican-controlled chamber.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic state senators have failed in a bid to remove funding from the proposed 2012-13 budget for the voter ID lawsuit.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — First District Rep. Tim Scott wants to hear what his constituents in South Carolina think about the economy.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is scheduled to address South Carolina Republicans at their annual fundraising dinner.