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The potential penalty for asking someone about their COVID-19 vaccine status would carry a $14,000 fine and up to one year in jail.

The potential penalty for asking someone about their COVID-19 vaccine status would carry a $14,000 fine and up to one year in jail.

Four South Carolina lawmakers are proposing a bill that would make it a crime to ask someone's vaccination status.

Republican lawmakers in South Carolina introduced legislation to make it illegal for employers to ask about coronavirus vaccination status, saying it's private medical information.

View Comments Diane Hardy quickly learned that government has great influence over the small business environment when she opened Nothing Bundt Cakes a few years ago. She was then surprised at how little representation small business owners had during the height of the pandemic when they had to follow local and state mandates. Hardy now hopes the Mom and Pop Alliance will become the voice of South Carolina small business owners in the Statehouse. "We want to advocate for our small businesses...

Posted on On February 11, the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee passed HB 3262. It would require candidates seeking the nomination of a party that nominates by convention to pay a filing fee during March of an election year. It has 21 sponsors, all Republicans: Russell Fry, Chip Huggins, Sylleste Davis, William Newton, Garry Smith, Adam Morgan, James Burns, Shannon Erickson, Linda Bennett, Anne Thayer, Bill Taylor, Bruce Bryant, Jason Elliott, Mark Willis, Raye Felder, Sandy McGar...