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Clyburn backs ex-staffer to lead South Carolina Democrats

Rep. Jim Clyburn, whose last-minute endorsement helped propel Joe Biden's 2020 White House campaign, is backing a former staffer in her effort to lead South Carolina's Democrats, as the state prepares to host the party's opening presidential primary in 2024.

Rep. Jim Clyburn, whose last-minute endorsement helped propel Joe Biden’s 2020 White House campaign, is backing a former staffer in her effort to lead South Carolina’s Democrats, as the state prepares to host the party’s opening presidential primary in 2024.

Union alleges neglect in South Carolina safety inspections

The South Carolina agency tasked with ensuring occupational safety is accused of racial discrimination by failing to routinely inspect disproportionately Black workplaces in a federal complaint backed by a new union that seeks to boost labor organizing across the South.

The South Carolina agency tasked with ensuring occupational safety is accused of racial discrimination by failing to routinely inspect disproportionately Black workplaces in a federal complaint backed by a new union that seeks to boost labor organizing across the South.