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SC’s unemployed will once again have to prove they are looking for work

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Unemployed South Carolinians will have to prove they are looking for work if they want to keep receiving jobless benefits starting next month. The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce had suspended the twice-weekly mandatory work searches due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the agency says the requirement will go back into effect April 18…

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Death toll from Texas’ February winter storm, outages doubles to 111

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials on Thursday raised the death toll from February’s winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people — nearly doubling the state’s initial tally following one of the worst power outages in U.S. history. The frigid weather also was blamed for dozens of more deaths across other Southern states including Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky…

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Half of U.S. elementary schools open for in-person learning

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UNDATED (AP) — Nearly half of U.S. elementary schools were open for full-time classroom learning as of last month. But a Biden administration survey says the share of students with in-person instruction has varied greatly by region and by race — with most nonwhite students taught entirely online. For the White House, the results of the national survey released yesterday…

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Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges

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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House effort to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S. southern border. She also is tasked with working with Central American nations to address root causes of the problem. Biden, in delegating the matter to Harris, is seeking to replicate a dynamic that played…

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Senate committee settles on official version of SC flag

ABC Columbia Staff, Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO, AP) –  A senate subcommittee has passed a bill that would designate an official state flag. South Carolina doesn’t have a standard design and there are many versions of the iconic palmetto tree and crescent flag. The Family and Veterans Services Committee acknowledged the argument is far from over. More designs are likely to come up as…

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