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McMaster withholds HBCU funds as voucher lawsuit proceeds

by AP/Report for America
| July 29, 2020 3:03 PM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State attorneys told a judge Wednesday that South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is withholding pandemic relief funds to the state's historically Black colleges and universities following a lawsuit over his plan to send $32 million in tuition grants to private schools.

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