economic stimulus

Associated Press January 2, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nearly 700 nonprofits across South Carolina are receiving state grants totaling $25 million to help offset costs during the coronavirus pandemic. The state Department of Administration announced Wednesday that 686 nonprofits would receive grants ranging from $2,500 to $50,000. Among the groups that got the money

WCSC December 24, 2020 Watch video By Nick Reagan CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The bill designed to provide relief to struggling businesses and individual Americans is currently sitting on President Donald Trump’s desk awaiting his signature. Trump shocked both parties when he threatened to veto the bill demanding the individual payment be increased to $2,000 and the

The State December 24, 2020 By Joseph Bustos COLUMBIA, S.C. Hundreds of South Carolina’s small and minority-owned businesses and nonprofits may have to wait longer to get federal relief through the state, angering state Senate Democrats who called for an investigation this week into the delay of the COVID-19 relief. The state’s Department of Administration

WCIV-TV December 23, 2020 Watch video by Rachel Ellis Some in the Lowcountry hospitality industry said a new COVID-19 stimulus deal would be a sigh of relief, but small business advocates believe a package needed to be signed off months ago. Local food and beverage leaders said a completed COVID-19 relief bill could be the

Post and Courier December 17, 2020 By Seanna Adcox COLUMBIA — South Carolina has postponed sending promised state grants to struggling small businesses and nonprofits, which could wait an extra week or more to learn whether they’ve won a small lifeline toward surviving COVID-19. And the winners likely won’t get the cash, expected this month, until January.