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SC Lede: Still Surging After All These Years

South Carolina saw another record-breaking week of cases as the Omicron surge continues to rage through the state.
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South Carolina saw another record-breaking week of cases as the Omicron surge continues to rage through the state.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for January 18, 2022: state House of Representatives leaders on their priorities for the final year of this two-year legislative session; SC Chamber of Commerce on what bills the organization wants to see lawmakers pass this session; SCDHEC on the testing issues that have plagued the state during the latest COVID-19 surge; and more.

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Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.