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Health officials worry holiday celebrations could lead to spread of delta variant

health officials continue to monitor variant "breeding grounds"
CNN,

(CNN) — There continues to be a growing concern that the nationwide Fourth of July celebrations in the United States will fuel the spread of the delta variant. With large gatherings over the holiday weekend, health officials are now monitoring what they call variant “breeding grounds”. Mary Moloney takes a closer look.   Categories: Health, National News, Politics
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Bipartisan effort to preserve Carolinas US Revolution sites

Associated Press,

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s lone Democratic U.S. House member is joining with the other six Republican members to create a trail to help link and preserve Revolutionary War sites South Carolina and North Carolina. South Carolina leaders have tried for more than a decade to create the trail which would begin near Charleston, wind into the Midlands and…

Clyburn Presser
Local News, Politics, State

SC Congressman James Clyburn hosting Town Hall Tours in SC

South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn will kick off a "Help is Here Town Hall Tour" this week
Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn will kick off a “Help is Here Town Hall Tour” this week. Clyburn says he will use the tour to discuss the child tax credit payments and affordable care act. The tour will take place in communities in the Sixth Congressional District. The first town hall is tomorrow at 6pm in Ridgeland. Clyburn…

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Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed

Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he is imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department conducts a review of its policies and procedures. Donald Trump’s Justice Department resumed federal…

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Clyburn to push Medicaid expansion in series of town halls

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House is embarking on a listening tour to talk up the Biden administration’s federal aid package and push for Medicaid expansion in states that have not taken that step. U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on Thursday laid out his “Help is Here” town hall tour, which kicks off Tuesday…
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S.C. lawmakers override 10 of Governor McMaster’s 15 vetoes

The decision was made Tuesday during a special session
Associated Press,

FILE – Wednesday deadline for multiple bills to be passed by lawmakers. Columbia, SC (AP) — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have wasted little time returning more than $150 million in local projects into the state budget after the Governor removed the items through his vetoes last week. The House and Senate overrode 10 of Governor Henry McMaster’s…

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SC lawyer suspended for 6-months for Facebook posts

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s highest court has suspended the law license of an attorney for six months for Facebook posts the justices said used foul language and could incite racial conflict. The state Supreme Court also ordered lawyer David Paul Traywick to take a diversity class and have an anger management assessment with a licensed therapist before he…

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Unemployment benefits return to pre-pandemic operations

Governor Henry McMaster ordered the move as a way to encourage those on unemployment to get back to work
ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) –Beginning this Sunday, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce will return to pre-pandemic, state unemployment operations. This comes after governor Henry McMaster ordered the unemployment insurance programs in the state to stop by June 30th. This means unemployed workers will now lose an extra weekly $300 that originally was scheduled to run until early September….