South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The chief prosecutor for South Carolina’s capital city was indicted Tuesday on more than two dozen charges related to the misspending of public funds on trips to foreign countries including the Netherlands and the Galapagos Islands. In documents released to ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s high court has appointed a single judge to handle any lawsuits related to opioids in the state system. On Thursday, the state Supreme Court assigned Circuit Court Judge Perry Gravely to the task. Gravely, ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) By securing the Republican gubernatorial nomination, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has come a step closer to reaping the payoff of what may have been the biggest political risk of his life. McMaster has spent years in government ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A leading Democratic congressional candidate in South Carolina’s 5th District said June 6 that he’s staying in the race despite calls from party leaders to quit over decades-old domestic violence. In a video posted to his campaign Facebook page, Archie Parnell ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A third-party group has renewed the airing of an ad partially pulled from South Carolina airwaves last week following a cease-and-desist letter from a Republican challenging Gov. Henry McMaster. Palmetto PAC said May 23 that it was back on ...

COLUMBIA (AP) A Democrat hoping to become South Carolina’s next governor has picked a fellow state lawmaker as his running mate in this year’s election, telling The Associated Press the ticket has already begun attracting the Republican support that will ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) Two inmates injured in a deadly South Carolina prison riot are accusing state officials of negligence in failing to hire, train or monitor enough officers to maintain order in one of its institutions. The lawsuits filed May 8 in ...

COLUMBIA (AP) The family of a South Carolina woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against American Airlines, accusing the company of negligence in her death following a medical emergency during a flight two years ago. In a lawsuit filed ...

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CHARLESTON (AP) President Donald Trump on April 10 nominated the first woman to be the full-time U.S. Attorney in South Carolina, picking a former prosecutor who took on the state’s largest securities fraud case. Sherri Lydon, who now awaits Senate confirmation ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina Republicans took the first step toward ending the state’s practice of crossover voting during primary elections, announcing that the party would ask voters if they feel they should have the option to affiliate with a political ...

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