COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state lawmaker says it’s time the South Carolina State University board of trustees find a permanent president to lead the financially troubled Orangeburg school. Media outlets report that Democratic Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter made the suggestion ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — The former board chairman of South Carolina State University in Orangeburg has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a kickback and corruption scheme. U.S. District Judge David Norton on Wednesday also fined ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — The House has changed its bill that would get rid of the South Carolina State University board of trustees. House members passed an amendment Thursday to appoint seven new trustees after getting rid of the old trustees. ...

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CHARLESTON (AP) — As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, the state’s only black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed for the financial woes at the historically black school. A group of present ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — The former chairman of South Carolina State University’s board of trustees should forfeit about $350,000 following his conviction on public corruption charges, federal prosecutors said in court this week. Local media outlets report that the federal government ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — A proposal to fire all trustees of financially troubled South Carolina State University has been sent to the full Senate, but it’s no longer on the fast-track to approval. The Senate Education Committee voted 10-1 for the ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — The public corruption case of a former South Carolina State University trustee is about to go to a federal jury. Prosecutors began their closing statements Friday morning. They accuse Jonathan Pinson of using a low-income Columbia housing ...

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ORANGEBURG (AP) — South Carolina State University’s accreditation status has been downgraded. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission of Colleges said Thursday the Orangeburg school has been placed on probation. It had been warned last year. The association ...

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A federal judge won't throw out wiretap evidence against a former South Carolina State University trustee.

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A businessman charged in a public corruption case involving South Carolina State University wants to be tried separately from a former trustee, but prosecutors said in papers filed Thursday that two trials would be unnecessarily costly.

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