South CarolinaState Recognition
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Some SC tribal members fighting for right to use eagle feathers
(4/28/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Some members of state-recognized Indian tribes say they will push for the freedom to use eagle feathers during Native American rituals in hopes of...
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Baby Veronica
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States line up in favor of federal adoption law
(4/17/2013)
(South Carolina) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on April 16 heard an emotional family challenge to longstanding federal law on the adoption of Native American children, with...
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Dorman High grad's case to be heard by US Supreme Court
(4/15/2013)
(South Carolina) -- A Dorman High School graduate from Spartanburg will have her case taken before the U.S, Supreme Court on Tuesday in support of the Indian Child...
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End nears for court battle over custody of Veronica
(4/15/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Dozens of court hearings, thousands of pages of legal arguments and 473 days after Matt and Melanie Capobianco lost the little girl they were trying...
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States line up in favor of federal adoption law
(4/14/2013)
(South Carolina) -- The U.S. Supreme Court this week will hear an emotional family challenge to longstanding federal law on the adoption of Native American children,...
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US High Court Taking American Indian Adoption Case
(1/20/2013)
(South Carolina) -- The U.S. Supreme Court could reshape longstanding federal law on the adoption of Native American children, depending on how the justices rule in the...
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South Carolina Gaming
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Casino boats bring economic boost to Little River
(4/1/2013)
(South Carolina) -- The Little River Casino Boats are an attraction for gamblers, but they put more money in your pockets than you might expect
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Nanni: Hardeeville casino supporters 'strategizing' amid Haley opposition
(3/8/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Some supporters of an Indian casino resort proposed for Hardeeville haven't given up, despite the governor's steadfast opposition and a long...
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Catawbas keep pushing for casino; SC pushes back
(2/9/2013)
(South Carolina) -- As South Carolina struggles to find money to pay to for health care for the poor and fix crumbling roads and bridges, Catawba Indian Nation Chief...
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Bolton: Let’s not forget why SC dumped video poker
(1/26/2013)
(South Carolina) -- THE FACT that video poker hijacked our political process, controlled many in our Legislature, turned out an incumbent governor and habitually...
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Faltering plans for Indian casino in Hardeeville tops list of 2012's top business stories
(12/24/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Call it the year of businesses thinking big -- 2012 saw plans for a giant casino and resort, plans for a remaking of The Mall at Shelter Cove, and...
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Deck still stacked against casino project
(11/24/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Nearly a year after it was introduced, the resort casino proposed for Hardeeville still faces long odds. Gov. Nikki Haley's opposition to casino...
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For now at least, it’s no dice for N. Charleston casino boats
(8/24/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Have North Charleston’s plans to attract a casino boat gone bust? Yes, for now. Mayor Keith Summey has talked with two groups interested in...
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Editorial: Lexington response shows we can beat gambling
(8/24/2012)
(South Carolina) -- VIDEO GAMBLING didn’t grow so large and powerful that it nearly took over our government simply because our laws were inadequate. Our political...
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EDITORIAL: No gray areas; Ban gambling, sweepstakes
(8/12/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Decades ago when the South Carolina Legislature was battling to ban video poker in the state, a veteran legislator from the Pee Dee was approached by...
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Hardeeville city manager still working to bring casino to Lowcountry
(7/8/2012)
(South Carolina) -- A proposed casino in Hardeeville is just one of the developments pitched nationwide since a federal change last year made it easier to build gambling...
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'Not a dead issue': Hardeeville city manager still working to bring casino to Lowcountry
(7/7/2012)
(South Carolina) -- A proposed casino in Hardeeville is just one of the developments pitched nationwide since a federal change last year made it easier to build gambling...
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Editorial: No video gambling
(6/30/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Video gambling has been illegal in South Carolina for more than a decade. But now those seeking to open new gambling operations are looking for legal...
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Hilton Head council opposes Hardeeville casino
(5/15/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Worried the very name could damage Hilton Head Island's image, town council voted 6-1 Tuesday to oppose an Indian casino inside Head Lakes in...
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Casino backers rebuffed, cut off at Hilton Head Republican luncheon
(5/7/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Hardeeville city manager Bob Nanni's attempt to pitch a proposed casino complex in Jasper County to the Hilton Head Island First Monday...
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Casino-resort proposal raises questions from residents
(5/4/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Hardeeville resort-casino supporters want to convince Gov. Nikki Haley that the project is good for the Lowcountry. First they need to get a meeting...
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Sun City residents, others see pros, cons in casino proposal
(5/1/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Sun City residents want to see more cards on the table when it comes to a proposed Hardeeville casino, even if a Four Diamond hotel is part of the...
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Sun City residents pack auditorium to hear casino-resort pitch
(4/27/2012)
(South Carolina) -- A Forum Club program on the proposed Hardeeville casino resort drew more than 350 Sun City residents to Magnolia Hall on Friday.
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Circuit Judge rejects Catawba Indian Nation's request for casino in York County, South Carolina
(4/24/2012)
(South Carolina) -- South Carolina’s only federally recognized tribe on Tuesday lost its latest quest to build a casino on its York County reservation.
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S.C. judge rules against Catawbas in York County casino - tribe vows appeal
(4/24/2012)
(South Carolina) -- A judge has ruled against the Catawba Indian Nation in its attempt to build a casino on its York County reservation, but the tribe vowed to appeal...
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Casino developers optimistic despite opposition from Haley, others
(4/23/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Hardeeville city manager Bob Nanni will talk anytime to any group that will listen about a casino in Jasper County. On Tuesday, he’ll pitch the...
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Casino developers optimistic despite opposition from Haley, others
(4/21/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Hardeeville city manager Bob Nanni will talk anytime to any group that will listen about a casino in Jasper County. On Tuesday, he’ll pitch the...
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Ban on simulated gambling devices in Santee gets 1st OK
(4/7/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Santee Town Council Wednesday night approved first reading of an ordinance authorizing a temporary moratorium of a minimum of 180 days on the...
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Impoverished S.C. county hoping for Indian casino proposal
(4/1/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Jobs have always seemed elusive in impoverished Jasper County on South Carolina's southern tip near Savannah, Ga.
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The new casino: What's the deal?
(3/29/2012)
(South Carolina) -- It’s been on everyone’s lips since it was first announced. A multi-million dollar casino and entertainment complex in the heart of Hilton...
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Internet Sweepstake Cafes
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SC sweepstakes owner arrested on gambling charge
(3/29/2013)
(South Carolina) -- A former law enforcement investigator who created a sweepstakes company has been arrested for illegal gambling.
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Three Grand Strand residents charged in multi-state racketeering investigation
(3/14/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Nine South Carolina residents, including three from the Grand Strand, face charges in a multi-state illegal internet casino probe, according to the...
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Gambling Machines Seized in West Ashley
(8/18/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Undercover officers with the Charleston Police Department's Special Investigations Unit, working with SLED agents seized video gambling machines...
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Greenville Co. sheriff: 107 gaming machines seized
(8/18/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Greenville Sheriff's deputies and State Law Enforcement Division agents have seized 107 video gambling machines at three internet cafe sites.
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Internet sweepstakes brouhaha in Lexington grows
(8/18/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Lexington County seems to be losing its tolerance for Internet sweepstakes games as a controversy over the industry continued to burn Friday.
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Lexington County gives law enforcement names of questionable sweepstakes businesses
(8/18/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Lexington County Council members want to pull the plug on as many as 10 sites where officials say online gambling may be occurring.
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W. Columbia shelves online gambling expansion
(8/11/2012)
(South Carolina) -- New Internet sweepstakes centers are on hold in West Columbia. After initially allowing some to open, city leaders put a moratorium on new outlets...
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SC video gaming ban ‘will be tough’ to pass
(3/21/2012)
(South Carolina) -- An effort in South Carolina to ban new types of video machines – that critics say are just video gambling in disguise – is on life...
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Adoption
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The couple fighting to see Native American girl, 3, who they adopted at birth
(12/25/2012)
(South Carolina) -- A South Carolina couple are fighting to win back custody of a three-year-old Native American girl they adopted as a baby, after the Supreme Court...
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South Carolina couple appeals ICW case to Supreme Court
(10/14/2012)
(South Carolina) -- A ruling that sends a Cherokee girl back to Oklahoma from her adoptive South Carolina family is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Voter Suppression
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S.C. lawmaker admits positive response to racist email on voter ID bill
(8/28/2012)
(South Carolina) -- A South Carolina lawmaker and the author of a voter ID law considered discriminatory by the Justice Department testified in federal court Tuesday...
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South Carolina Voter ID Trial: State Sen. Admits Law Couldn't Address His Examples Of Voter Fraud
(8/27/2012)
(South Carolina) -- The federal trial over South Carolina's voter identification law got under way Monday with a state senator insisting his work on the law was...
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Why South Carolina Wants To Ban Student IDs At The Polls But Is Just Fine With Military IDs
(8/27/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Neither a student ID nor a military ID will prove someone is a resident of South Carolina, but the attorney general there said on Monday that one of...
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Sports Betting
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The gambler next door
(7/28/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Across South Carolina, the kind of illegal sports bookmaking that accused Richland County killer Brett Parker is said to have conducted happens out...
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Online Legislation
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LETTER: Here comes nationalized gambling
(6/17/2012)
(South Carolina) -- To the Editor, You probably haven’t heard much about this, but the same Obama Justice Department that is pushing to deny states the right to...
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Catawba Nation
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Catawbas lose first round in poker battle
(5/5/2012)
(South Carolina) -- The Catawba Indian Nation lost the first round in its attempt to build a casino on the tribe’s reservation, and despite the promise of an...
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Catawba Indians who want casino say they are the true free-market conservatives
(4/28/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Dewey Adams runs a York County trucking company that has taken a beating in the recent economy. Diesel fuel that costs around $4 a gallon takes away...
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S.C. judge: Catawbas can’t open York County casino
(4/24/2012)
(South Carolina) -- The Catawba Indian Nation’s latest attempt to get back into the gambling business in South Carolina has taken another hit.
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Judge delays decision on gambling hall
(4/2/2012)
(South Carolina) -- A judge wants to take some more time before deciding whether South Carolina's only federally recognized tribe can open a gambling hall on its...
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SC judge delays decision on Catawba casino
(4/2/2012)
(South Carolina) -- The Catawba Indian tribe took the next step toward landing a massive casino on their York County reservation east of Rock Hill Monday morning.
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Other News
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Catawba preschool incorporates air quality into kids’ learning
(4/30/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Long before there were hippies, Greenpeace environmentalists ramming whaleboats, and sandal-wearing do-gooders, there were American Indians.
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COLUMN: Taking a gamble on charitable gambling
(3/14/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Even longtime gambling opponents, we are told, have softened their position on charity raffles. Well, that’s one way to look at the Senate...
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Nine from SC charged in multi-state Internet casino ring, including two Boiling Springs men
(3/13/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Nine people from South Carolina, including two men from Boiling Springs, have been charged in a multi-state Internet casino ring, according to the...
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14 machines seized in video gambling crackdown
(3/10/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Richland County Sheriff's deputies seized 14 illegal machines and more than $1,400 in the department's most recent sweep of suspected gaming...
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Deputies seize video gambling machines, cash
(3/10/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Tips from the public led deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department to seize more than a dozen video poker machines this week,...
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Taking a gamble on charitable gambling
(3/8/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Even longtime gambling opponents, we are told, have softened their position on charity raffles. Well, that’s one way to look at the Senate...
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Rock Hill neighbor saves pets from burning home
(2/25/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Joe Canty isn’t comfortable with the label “hero.” He’d much rather prefer “father” or “neighbor.”
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New Native American Museum To Open In Walhalla
(2/18/2013)
(South Carolina) -- A new Museum of the Cherokee is set to open in a few months. For years, volunteers have been working to transform a building in Downtown Walhalla,...
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Walhalla's Museum of the Cherokee to open in spring
(2/17/2013)
(South Carolina) -- The long-awaited opening of Walhalla's Museum of the Cherokee has been set for May 10. Luther Lyle, local historian and the museum's curator...
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Measure means raffles could become legal in state
(2/7/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Church cake walks and quilt raffles may finally become legal in South Carolina, as gambling opponents who’ve long blocked raffle-enabling...
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Senate Advances Bill to Legalize Raffles
(2/7/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Raising money through raffle could become legal in South Carolina. A senate bill would make charity and non-profit raffles legal, and requiring the...
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Crackdown on illegal gambling machines underway in Lancaster Co.
(2/6/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Businesses and organizations in Lancaster County with sweepstakes-type gaming machines are being placed on notice that any and all gambling and...
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Bill on sweepstakes machines advances in SC House
(2/5/2013)
(South Carolina) -- A bill specifying that sweepstakes machines are illegal gambling is advancing in the South Carolina House. The Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to...
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Arrests Made In Illegal Gaming Bust
(2/2/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Acting on a tip, Richland County Sheriff Deputies went undercover searching for illegal gaming machines. The Richland County Sheriff's Department...
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Deputies seize 13 illegal video gambling devices
(2/2/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents seized 13 illegal video gambling devices on...
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Detectives Seize 13 Illegal Gambling Devices
(2/2/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Detectives and SLED agents seized 13 illegal video gambling devices Thursday from two bars near Lexington, one bar near Swansea and one bar near West...
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Lexington County gambling machines, cash from four bars
(2/2/2013)
(South Carolina) -- A Lexington magistrate has ruled that Mega Touch Chug Monkey, Queen Bee, Crazy Bugs and several other video gaming machines are illegal gambling...
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Richland County sheriff cracks down on sweepstakes in Eastover
(2/2/2013)
(South Carolina) -- An bar owner learned the hard way Thursday night that Sheriff Leon Lott meant what he said when he ordered video gambling machines out of the county.
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Warning period is over, deputies going after gambling machines
(2/2/2013)
(South Carolina) -- A week after Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced a war on gaming machines, his deputies were on the streets Thursday night to get them off...
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OTHER VIEWS: S.C. Senate must close video gambling loophole
(1/21/2013)
(South Carolina) -- Last year, gambling supporters used the Senate’s Byzantine rules to run the clock on legislation that would have stymied the video gambling...
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