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You don't have to live in a budget-strapped South Carolina long to learn that the situation makes lawmakers (and a certain Governor Sanford) itch to get rid of tax incentives that lure the film industry.

(Need background? See our Army Wives topic page.)

And while you might think things are due to get better as Sanford's on his way out, the budget issue is looking as dire as ever and our incoming Governor Haley has shown she has no particular love for the incentives either. 

Seemingly with that notion in mind, The Post and Courier's Allyson Bird has put together one of the better overviews of the variables and status of our state's infant film industry; take a read of it here.

• Keep up with this local topic on our film industry page.