Columbia Standard

Clyburn tests positive for COVID-19: 'America is in a new phase of this pandemic'

By Karla Florez | Dec 29, 2021

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) confirmed his COVID-19 diagnosis just days after seeing President Joe Biden.

University of South Carolina freezes tuition for 2022-23 school year

By Karla Florez | Dec 15, 2021

The University of South Carolina has confirmed plans to freeze its tuition mandates for the 2022-23 academic year.

Even as Gov. McMaster opposes reinstatement of school mask mandates, some districts set to defy state law

By Karla Florez | Aug 23, 2021

As COVID-19 patients continue to fill ICU units across the country amid the delta variant surge, some South Carolina schools and government officials have questioned Gov. Henry McMaster's ban on mask mandates, and in some cases, even attempted to resist them.