- June 25, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Henry McMaster again said South Carolina is recovering better from the COVID-19 pandemic than just about any other state as he held a ceremonial signing Thursday of a bill preventing people from suing companies over the virus
The new law protects businesses and other groups as long as they follow guidelines to protect people from the virus. Dozens of other states have passed similar measures.
McMaster headed less than 2 miles (3 kilometers) from his Statehouse office to Café Strudel in West Columbia, whose owner praised him and the Legislature for taking steps to reduce his risk from reopening after the worst of the pandemic.
The governor again said his decision to resist closing restaurants and other businesses and allow them to reopen more quickly meant South Carolina suffered less economic problems.
“As a result a lot of other states are struggling to get out of the holes they were in. We’re ready to blast off,”…
