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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE 22 ADDITIONAL CASES ANNOUNCED RESIDENTS URGED TO CONTINUE TO TAKE PREVENTION PRECAUTIONS Dear Friends and Neighbors, I just received Governor McMaster's most recent press release, and as of 4:00 pm today, SCDHEC is reporting 22 additional cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases in South Carolina to 195 across 33 counties, as follows: New positive cases Beaufort County: 2 cases Berkeley County: 1 case Charleston County: 4 cases Collet

Dear Friends and Neighbors, At 4pm today, Governor McMaster will announce that he is ordering the closing of all public schools in the State of South Carolina starting tomorrow Monday, March 16th. Schools will remain closed through the end of the month - March 31st. This includes K-12 schools, all universities, colleges, and technical colleges. Governor McMaster has granted state agency leaders maximum flexibility to protect their older “at risk” employees by allowing work

Dear Friends and Neighbors: Here is my first Legislative Update this session. In the first 6 weeks, we have been working mostly in committees and have not been debating much legislation on the floor. In the next few weeks, we will be working on the budget and working toward passing an education reform bill as well as addressing Santee Cooper's future. The bills which we have passed are outlined in more detail below. In light of the recent news report of the spread of the