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South Carolina applies for lost wages assistance grant

South Carolina has applied to a program authorized through President Donald Trump’s executive order that would provide $300 in weekly federal lost wages assistance.Gov. Henry McMaster and S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) Executive Director Dan Ellzey announced Wednesday that the state of South Carolina submitted its grant application for FEMA’s Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program.The state is now waiting for federal approval of