South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns to Washington for its first full week of legislative business since control of the House reverted to Democrats, but lawmakers will be confronted with the same lingering question: When will the partial government shutdown end? ...

S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster ended the year with a flurry of appointments to state agencies, retaining some familiar faces and tapping new names to lead others. On Dec. 13, McMaster replaced four members of the S.C. State Election Commission. A ...

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A panel of South Carolina legislators voted Thursday to advance a resolution urging Congress to open more research on medical uses for marijuana, taking another step toward loosening some of the state’s attitudes toward the drug. The measure implores federal lawmakers to ...

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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster took the oath of office Wednesday for his first full term, pledging commitments to economic prosperity and education advances in an address that marked the culmination of years of work to win the office in ...

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The former CEO of a Greenwood, South Carolina, newspaper has pleaded guilty to stealing $17,000 from the paper. The Index-Journal reports former Index-Journal CEO Ed Gunderson pleaded guilty Monday to breach of trust and was sentenced to five years of ...

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South Carolina’s newest Democratic congressman is revamping an anti-offshore drilling effort championed by his Republican predecessor. In a news conference in Mount Pleasant, U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham said Tuesday that he would introduce a proposed 10-year moratorium on offshore oil ...

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An appellate court has upheld the conviction and 20-year sentence of a white former South Carolina policeman for the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist who was running away from a traffic stop. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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A lawyer charged with helping his wife plunder money from the campaign chest of a Virginia state senator and two other organizations cannot shield his two homes from possible forfeiture, a federal appeals court ruled last month. The 4th U.S. ...

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South Carolina will join a federal lawsuit opposing the Trump administration’s plans to conduct offshore drilling tests, becoming the latest coastal state to take legal action against the proposal. On Monday, Attorney General Alan Wilson told The Associated Press that ...

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What’s a value proposition? It’s what you are offering to provide in exchange for your fee. Your value proposition is your service, product or the experience of working with you. It’s not about your personal brand. It’s not about how ...

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