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The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum in Columbia. More people visited the museum in the 2022-23 fiscal year than in the two decades since it moved to this spot in the historic Mills Building. Skylar Laird/S.C. Daily Gazette

As attendance booms at SC’s military history museum, director looks to future

December 30, 2023

After years of controversy, pandemic deterred people from visiting the Confederate Relic Room, its Vietnam exhibit brought in record numbers By Skylar

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports South Carolina and Louisiana have the highest flu activity in the nation, according to data as of Dec. 16, 2023. Graphic courtesy of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

SC, Louisiana flu rates tied for highest in nation

December 29, 2023

Health/News

By Jessica Holdman SCDailyGazette.com COLUMBIA – Health officials urge South Carolinians to get the flu shot after the Palmetto State tied with

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States are struggling to hire nursing home inspectors to conduct federally-mandated reviews, according to a congressional report published Friday, May 19, 2023. A map shows South Carolina as one of seven states with a large percentage of unfilled inspector jobs. Even if it were fully staffed, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control would still be last in the nation. Graphic courtesy of U.S. Senate Committee on Aging

SC ranks worst in the nation in nursing home inspectors

December 28, 2023

News

State has 190 nursing homes, just 1 functional state inspection team By Jessica Holdman and Skylar Laird SCDailyGazette.com COLUMBIA – After a

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Michael Webb casts his vote on election day Tuesday, Nov. 7, at Port Royal Town Hall. Bob Sofaly/The Island News

Windows for registering to vote in SC’s presidential primaries shrinking

December 28, 2023

Elections/News

By Abraham Kenmore SCDailyGazette.com COLUMBIA — South Carolinians who aren’t registered voters yet but want to cast a ballot in the Democrat

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The Department of Health and Environmental Control office at 2100 Bull Street, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. The front part of the building, shown, is the state’s original hospital for the mentally ill, opened in 1828. Abraham Kenmore/S.C. Daily Gazette

Would taxpayers benefit from SC selling Columbia buildings?

December 28, 2023

News

What history tells us about the difficulties of selling massive state-owned properties, whether the public benefits By Abraham Kenmore and Seanna Adcox

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Clemson 2nd SC university to rename equity and inclusion office

December 28, 2023

News

By Jessica Holdman SCDailyGazette.com CLEMSON – Clemson University renamed its equity and inclusion office following leadership changes, making it the second major

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