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“My tenure as a Supreme Court justice has been a rare gift, and I know it,” Wilson wrote in her resignation letter to Gov. Laura Kelly, who will name her successor.

Because of accounting issues in South Carolina’s books, the previous comptroller general and the state auditor have resigned.

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I regularly speak with current and former high-level Democratic political operatives. To a person, they believe their own party to be leaderless, lost and out of touch with its own voter base.

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Mike Webb, a longtime top aide to Gov. Bob Ferguson, has resigned amid allegations he fostered a toxic work environment for some women in the office.