South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law Wednesday changes in South Carolina voting rules allowing anyone to cast an absentee ballot without a reason in November’s general election to help fight the spread of COVID-19. ...

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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday and is recovering in isolation with her family at home, officials said. Evette had a sore throat and headache ...

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Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg and other city officials have filed a lawsuit (.pdf) against 24 fossil fuel companies, in an attempt to hold them accountable for the city’s costs to adapt to climate change. Tecklenburg made the announcement at a ...

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BY SAAD GUL AND MIKE SLIPSKY In a ruling that could have broad ramifications for data health sharing, a federal judge has ruled that a patient complaining about a hospital sharing his health data without permission lacked standing because he ...

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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A small raise for teachers and a hazard pay bonus for many state employees who couldn’t work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic are in the spending plan heading to the ...

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Groups providing aid to S.C. crime victims will receive almost $37 million in federal and state grants next month. The S.C. Public Safety Coordinating Council formally approved the grants, distributed by the S.C. Crime Victim Services Division in the attorney ...

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By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is preparing to again release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees, one that voters can compare to rival Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the ...

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Remote workers are allotted more flexibility to take breaks when they please because, for the most part, they are setting their own schedules—or at least have less rigid structures than they did while being in the office from 9 to ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — New cases of the coronavirus in South Carolina continue to increase as state health officials reported 918 more as of Saturday. The Department of Health and Environmental Control said almost 15% of the those new cases ...

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South Carolina reached a new low in weekly unemployment claims filed since mid-March, becoming the state with fifth strongest recovery in terms of weekly claims, according to a recent study. South Carolinians filed 5,019 initial claims for the week ending ...

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