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The final two former South Carolina lawmakers charged in a nearly eight-year investigation into corruption at the Statehouse have avoided time behind bars. The State newspaper reports former Sen. John Courson was ordered to serve 100 hours of community service and once he finishes, his probation will end. The Columbia Republican pleaded guilty in 2018 to taking $159,000 from his campaign account and using for personal expenses on the advice of a prominent Republican political consultant at the center of the corruption investigation. Former Republican Rep. Tracy Edge of Myrtle Beach was ordered...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The final two former South Carolina lawmakers charged in a nearly eight-year investigation into corruption at the Statehouse have avoided time behind bars.

COLUMBIA - Jay Lucas started his House career in 1999 as member No. 124 out of 124. But now, the former Republican speaker will forever watch over the chamber after his official portrait was unveiled Tuesday. Lucas ran the chamber for …

Former Republican House Speaker Jay Lucas will watch over the South Carolina chamber from now on after his official portrait was unveiled Tuesday. Lucas started his House career in 1999 as member No. 124 out of 124. He ran the chamber for eight years, first reluctantly after former Speaker Bobby Harrell was indicted for improperly spending campaign money. But he grew into the job, leading the House through the debate to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse lawn after nine Black worshipers were killed in a racist shooting at a Charleston church, through a multibillion-dollar debacle ...

Jay Lucas started his House career in 1999 as member No. 124 out of 124. But now, the former Republican speaker will forever watch over the chamber after his…