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News Tipoffs - South Carolina Editors Newsletter for Sunday April 28, 2024 ( 2 items )  

N.J. U.S. Attorney: South Carolina Construction Company and Its Owner Settle Matter Alleging Receipt of Improper CARES Act Loans
NEWARK, New Jersey, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A construction company based in South Carolina and its owner entered into a settlement agreement with the United States resolving allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by taking two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) to which the company was not entitled, U.S. Attorney Philip Sell  more

S.C. Health & Environmental Control Dept. Launches Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard to Tackle Drug Overdose Epidemic
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 27 -- The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control issued the following news release: The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) recently launched an Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard in an effort to make state- and county-level data on non-fatal opioid overdoses and other drug-related overdose indicators available to the public. South Carolina has seen a significant increase in opioid-involved overdose deaths   more