A prominent state lawmaker has been sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, according to federal officials. Attorney General William Barr said that Peter McCoy had been sworn in on Monday as the state’s interim top federal ...
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Read More »Steve Benjamin, the Mayor of Columbia, has joined The Charleston Group, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he will co-chair the Firm’s extensive Public Finance and Affordable Housing Practices. Julie Medich has joined Nexsen Pruet in the firm’s Charleston office. ...
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Read More »South Carolina’s governor is aiming to protect first responders during the new coronavirus outbreak, ordering that anyone calling 911 be asked if anyone near them has symptoms of COVID-19. In a new executive order issued Saturday, Gov. Henry McMaster required ...
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Read More »In the first week of economic disruption from the coronavirus, more than 31,000 people said they lost their jobs in South Carolina. The state Thursday released unemployment claims for the week ending March 21, and the 31,054 claims were almost ...
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Read More »Two Republicans in the South Carolina House have joined a growing call for Gov. Henry McMaster to issue a stay at home order to fight the coronavirus. The letter from Reps. Neal Collins of Easley and Gary Clary of Clemson ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court announced March 23 that it was postponing arguments for the first time in more than 100 years because of the coronavirus, including fights over subpoenas for President Donald Trump’s financial records. Arguments scheduled at ...
Read More »In another example of how quickly courts are moving to accommodate the need to practice social distancing in order to contain the novel SARS-COV-2 coronavirus, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has suspended a rule that requires parties to ...
Read More »South Carolina health officials announced 22 new cases of coronavirus Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 195 cases. New positive COVID-19 cases were detected in 12 counties, according to a news release from the South Carolina Department of Health and ...
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Read More »In a nearly empty Statehouse with especially worried members voting from the balcony, the South Carolina House approved $45 million Thursday for state health officials to fight the new coronavirus. Gov. Henry McMaster took the unheard of step of immediately ...
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Read More »The South Carolina Supreme Court has unanimously overturned the attempted murder conviction of a gang member who shot and critically injured a college student. The court ruled Wednesday that Michael Juan Smith did not intend to shoot Martha Childress, a ...
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