week.senators ray cleary and joel lourie warn the process will take about a month or longer.both say the end result will improve roads for drivers across the state.republican lawmakers say they want to avoid a gas tax and want o-t---while democrats say they want to make sure tax cuts affect as many people as possible. 3 later to day -- a south carolina lawmaker will talk about his controversial bill to create a registry for journalists in the state. state.representative "mike pitts" will hold a press conference this morning at 10:30 in the state house.the bill states journalists would be required to pay a fee and register with the state.any unregistered journalists could be fined and jailed.pitts says the bill proposal was to make a point about how media outlets treaeathe first amendment compared to the second amendment. 3 federal records show south carolina gun buyers are stocking up. up.according to the federal criminal background check system -- a record 50-thousand people applied...