State Representative Hardie Davis (D-Augusta) announced his intentions Friday to resign from the Georgia House of Representatives.

State Senator Ed Tarver (D – Augusta) announced his resignation from the Georgia State Senate, effective 12 noon on November 9. On November 6, the full United States Senate confirmed Sen. Tarver to become the next United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.

A former SC state lawmaker resigns from the state prosecutors office! Authorities say 66-year-old Roland Corning was stopped Monday, after officers spotted his car in an area known for sex! Police say he was with a stripper, and they found Viagra, and sex toys…It happened near the Elmwood Cemetery, in downtown Columbia. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, tells us what happened, and why Corning was released without being charged with any crime.

A big announcement from MCG Health, late Wednesday afternoon…Don Snell has resigned as president and CEO, effective at the end of the month.

The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the Republican Central Committee says he has quit the GOP because he was embarrassed by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s address to Congress on Sept. 9.

Sixty South Carolina House Republicans are asking embattled Gov. Mark Sanford to resign. A letter from the lawmakers asking the GOP governor to leave office was delivered to Sanford shortly after noon Wednesday. We have a link to Governor Sanford’s letter in response to the calls for his resignation.

South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell says he wants Gov. Mark Sanford to resign. Harrell on Tuesday sent the governor a letter asking him to step down from office because of “constant distractions” Sanford has brought.

The chairwoman of the South Carolina Board of Education has resigned.

Governor Mark Sanford is issued a statement on Wednesday regarding the call for his resignation, Wednesday, from Lt. Governor Andre Bauer. We have the full video of the press conference, as well as the letter from Governor Sanford to Lt. Governor Bauer. We now also have the letter sent from Lt. Governor Andre Bauer to Governor Mark Sanford asking for his resignation.

A spokesman for South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer says Bauer will call for embattled Gov. Mark Sanford to step down. Communications director Frank Adams says Bauer at a Wednesday news conference will call on Sanford to leave office. If Sanford does, Adams says Bauer will renew his offer to stay out of the 2010 gubernatorial race. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

After less than three years on the job, Savannah Chatham Metro Police Chief Michael Berkow submitted his resignation on Friday. Berkow says leaving is difficult, but he has missed three years of his son’s live, and a new opportunity will bring the two closer together. Berkow will be based in California, as President and Chief Operating Officer of a new division of a company called Altegrity, a large company that consults on international policing efforts. Berkow says he was approached about this position in April. Berkow says he will remain in Savannah through mid-October.

In an e-mail to WJBF News Channel 6, Governor Mark Sanford and his Communications Director Joel Sawyer Friday announced that Sawyer will be departing the Governor’s Office to pursue other opportunities in the private sector, effective Wednesday, August 5.

A small but vocal and adamant group of protesters rallied at the Statehouse, Thursday night, calling for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign or for state lawmakers to impeach him. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter Robert Kittle has more. Also, let us know in our web poll if you think Governor Sanford should resign.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she will resign from office July 26. Her spokesman wouldn’t say why Palin decided to step down, but the announcement stirred speculation that she would focus on a bid for the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

The results are in…after SLED says it poured through Governor Sanford’s financial records. SLED says the Governor did not improperly use state funds during visits with his mistress. Despite calls for Sanford to resign…he says…he’s not going anywhere. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, for the latest on the Sanford scandal.