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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 (AP) - Richard Quinn Sr., a longtime political consultant to a number of high-profile Republicans in South Carolina, has pleaded guilty to lying to a grand jury and been sentenced to 18 months of home detention. Quinn entered an Alford …

The owner of a former political consulting firm with ties to high-level South Carolina Republicans entered an Alford plea on Wednesday morning in front of a grand jury after being convicted on four counts of perjury and two counts of obstruction of justice.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A special prosecutor who pursued public corruption cases against...