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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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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

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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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A map of where the state’s practicing psychiatrists and psychologists are located. Of the state’s 46 counties, 14 have no psychiatrists or licensed psychologists. Graphic courtesy of S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control

State agency tries to fill gaps as access to mental health care declines in rural SC

December 24, 2023

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SC’s mental health agency looking to increase offerings to fill gaps left by an shortage of mental health professionals By Skylar Laird

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Meet the South Carolina Daily Gazette staff: Senior reporter Jessica Holdman, Editor Seanna Adcox, and reporters Skylar Laird and Abraham Kenmore. Bill Meacham/Special to the S.C. Daily Gazette

Under new SC rule companies must say whether waste includes forever chemicals

December 15, 2023

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By Skylar Laird SCDailyGazette.com COLUMBIA — Companies and wastewater treatment plants must disclose whether the waste they discharge into bodies of water

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Gov. Henry McMaster outlined nearly $40 million in school safety requests he plans to include in his budget proposal at a ceremonial bill signing in Gilbert, S.C. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Abraham Kenmore/S.C. Daily Gazette

Doctor: Gov. McMaster’s outpatient heart procedure a success

December 15, 2023

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By Skylar Laird SCDailyGazette.com COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster is recovering Friday following a successful outpatient procedure to fix his irregular heartbeat.

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SC’s top law enforcement officer reappointed to another term

December 13, 2023

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By Skylar Laird SCDailyGazette.com COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s top law enforcement officer has committed to another six-year term, the governor’s office announced

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