COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 16 -- The South Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * $99.6 million investment will create 94 new jobs * * * Cardiff Products Corporation (Cardiff Products), a beverage manufacturer, today announced it selects Lexington County to establish the company's first South Carolina operation. The $99.6 million investment will create 94 new jobs. Founded in Canada in 2019, Cardiff Products is a family-owned business that spec more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham: Bondi is the Perfect Pick for Attorney General at One of the Most Dangerous Times WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today questioned President Donald Trump's nominee to be Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi. * GRAHAM: "You have a real task ahead of you in two areas. To restore trust to many Americans who have lost trust in the Department of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: The Justice Department announced today its findings that conditions of confinement at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center (the Jail) in Columbia, South Carolina, violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The department's report details the findings of a comprehensive investigation of the Jail, which is funded and operated by Richland County through an Administrator an more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: The Justice Department announced today its findings that conditions of confinement at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center (the Jail) in Columbia, South Carolina, violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The department's report details the findings of a comprehensive investigation of the Jail, which is funded and opera more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 16 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 15, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today a victory in fighting a move that would have cost South Carolina consumers and businesses more money. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed the file on California's request for a waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. Last September, Attorney General Wilson joined a 24-state coaliti more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, posted the following news on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * $99.6 million investment will create 94 new jobs * * * Cardiff Products Corporation (Cardiff Products), a beverage manufacturer, today announced it selects Lexington County to establish the company's first South Carolina operation. The $99.6 million investment will create 94 new jobs. Founded in Canada in 2019, Cardiff Products is a family-owned business that special more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Jake Rupert, 40, of Lexington, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to walkaway escape from a federal residential re-entry facility. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that on the morning of March 5, 2024, Rupert walked away, without permission, from a federal halfway house in Columbia. In January 2024, Rupert tran more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Scott Meets with Trump DNI Nominee WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) issued the following statement after meeting with former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump's nominee to serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI): "I have known Tulsi Gabbard for more than a decade. She is a person of high character who is dedicated to serving her country. We had a ser more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Scott Statement on Israel-Hamas Hostage Agreement WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) released the following statement on the hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas: "Forty-four years ago, at the dawn of a new presidency, 52 Americans were released from the clutches of a brutal Iranian regime, setting the tone for a new era of American strength and leadership on the global s more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * * * * There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 January 15, 2025 Private industry employers reported 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023, down 8.4 percent from 2022. Of these, 946,500 involved days away from work. No more PR