State lawmakers are back in Columbia, on Tuesday, to fix an oversight that is keeping the state from extending unemployment benefits. Lawmakers needed to change a state law, to make the state eligible for extra stimulus money from Washington, to extend those benefits. One state lawmaker also plans to introduce an impeachment resolution against Governor Mark Sanford. That’s expected to be sent to a committee,with no further action Tuesday.

South Carolina pays unemployment benefits to some workers who are fired from their jobs for everything from drug use to stealing to being late to work. It also pays benefits to some workers who quit their jobs voluntarily. Nearly one quarter of workers filing for unemployment benefits in South Carolina were fired for misconduct. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

Governor Mark Sanford says it will take comprehensive change to improve the state’s unemployment rate. The Governor hosted an unemployment roundtable with state lawmakers Tuesday morning.

President Barack Obama keeps his attention on global terror and security matters on Tuesday, as he continues a series of meetings with advisers and others on Afghanistan.

South Carolina legislators are planning a closer look at Gov. Mark Sanford’s travel spending, saying it doesn’t square with state law requiring flying in cheap seats.

Georgia lawmakers are beginning furloughs next month to cut costs amid the economic crisis. The House and Senate lawmakers will take one furlough day each month. They will go on through the end of the year, when legislative leaders will decide whether they should continue.

SC State lawmakers fought for stimulus money in court…saying it would help the state for two years, until the economy recovers. But…what if the state economy is not better by then? Does the state have a plan for what to do…if things have not turned around, and the stimulus money is gone? WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert went to lawmakers for some answers…

Gov. Mark Sanford says South Carolina legislators are wasting money and avoiding government streamlining in a $5.7 billion state spending plan.

Some South Carolina lawmakers say they’ve got a plan to jump start the economy in the Palmetto State and cut down the unemployment line….all the while helping out the businessman. They even claim the plan, will pay for itself. We asked one local businessman if it sounded ‘too good to be true.‘ WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story.

A letter signed by eight members of the Augusta Coliseum Authority accuses state lawmakers of a power grab in the bill to restructure the board. The letter blasts lawmakers saying the bill was untimely, unprofessional, and possibly unethical. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has more.

Georgia would require that new drivers take a written license test in English under a bill being considered by state lawmakers.

Attorney General Henry McMaster has issued his opinion on whether South Carolina lawmakers can bypass Gov. Mark Sanford to request federal stimulus money. McMaster thinks lawmakers cannot go around the governor to ask for the money, even though South Carolina 6th District Congressman James Clyburn, the House Majority Whip, got an amendment inserted into the stimulus bill aimed at allowing them to do that. WJBF News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford wants to use $700 million in federal stimulus money to pay off state debt, not increase spending on programs or services.

The mother of octuplets is inspiring lawmakers in some states to consider laws that would prevent her situation from happening again, even here in Georgia. But, there are serious ethical concerns. Elizabeth Cohen reports.

The salmonella outbreak has made for a strange sport in the Georgia Capitol: Lawmakers are turning it into a contest of sorts over who can out-peanut each other.