SC Lede: State of No Emergency

By Gavin Jackson

Published June 8, 2021 at 12:01 AM EDT

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Gov. Henry McMaster and other state officials brief the media on Monday, June 7, 2021 from the State Emergency Management Division. McMaster did not renew his emergency order for the pandemic after issuing 39 consecutive ones since March 2020.

On this edition of the South Carolina Lede for June 8, 2021: Gov. Henry McMaster does not renew the state's COVID-19 pandemic-related state of emergency; the latest on millions of dollars in broadband projects set to be awarded in South Carolina; Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) continues his calls for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus in China; and more.

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Gavin Jackson

Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.

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