South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

COLUMBIA (AP) The South Carolina Supreme Court is considering whether to force the operator of a low-level nuclear waste landfill to reduce the possibility of leaking radioactive material. The State newspaper reported the justices heard arguments April 18 in a dispute between the ...

COLUMBIA (AP) The South Carolina Senate has approved a proposal to significantly cut the amount a private utility can charge customers to pay for two nuclear plants that were never finished. But the Senate’s plan to cut the 18 percent SCANA Corp. ...

COLUMBIA (AP) A group of South Carolina lawmakers delayed voting on a bill putting stricter regulations on dam and reservoir owners. The bill was proposed after dam failures caused massive flooding nearly three years ago. Many of the more than ...

Not all slipper stories have fairy tale endings, especially those involving accelerant-sniffing police dogs. And Paula Rose is no Cinderella, according to prosecutors. They alleged that she lied about burglars setting fire to her house as part of an insurance ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A South Carolina sheriff who admitted an affair with a female employee but denied her accusations that he drugged her was indicted April 17 on charges he obstructed a state investigation into his conduct and misused his office. The ...

Erskine College, a private college in Abbeville County, will not have to pay out on certificates it issued granting free tuition at the school—certificates that were issued in 1854, before the start of the Civil War. The South Carolina Court ...

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GREENVILLE (AP) A federal appeals court says a lawsuit stemming from a pipeline rupture in South Carolina in 2014 can be tried in court. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on April 12 said the lawsuit by Upstate Forever and ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) The South Carolina Senate has passed the state’s $8 billion budget for next fiscal year. Senators voted 37-4 on Thursday to approve the spending plan. The bill will likely go to a committee of House and Senate members to ...

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LEXINGTON (AP) Authorities have determined a man they thought was beaten to death in his South Carolina driveway actually died of natural causes and was hurt when his body fell to the pavement. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said April 11 ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A South Carolina school district is now the second taken over by the state Department of Education in less than a year. News outlets report state Education Superintendent Molly Spearman declared a state of emergency April 11 for ...

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