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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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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  As a smattering of criminal jury trials resume across South Carolina, prosecutors had generally positive things to say about the return to courtroom proceedings, but the group that represents South Carolina criminal defense attorneys insists that the state isn’t ...

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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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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate agreed on Wednesday to allow all voters in the state to cast absentee ballots because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but rejected a proposal by Democrats to allow ...

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  From fewer in-person classes to fewer seats to sit-and-study in law libraries, the start of fall classes in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is presenting unprecedented challenges for South Carolina’s two law schools. The University of South Carolina ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After months of delays because of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Carolina lawmakers are getting ready to write this year’s budget. The first step comes Monday when the state Board of Economic Advisors plans to issue its ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An inmate in the South Carolina prison system has died after contracting COVID-19, officials said. The Department of Corrections said Gary Clifton Hamilton, 63, died Wednesday at an outside hospital after testing positive for the virus ...

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LAURENS, S.C. (AP) — The first trial in a South Carolina courtroom since the COVID-19 pandemic began included spread out jurors, a glass shield around the witness stand and bailiffs reminding everyone that masks are required. The murder trial started ...

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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Wary of possible vulnerability to coronavirus-related lawsuits, hundreds of members of South Carolina’s business community are calling on the state’s federal lawmakers to support liability protections they see as vital for ...

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