Charleston Reporter

Charleston mayor: All city employees, temps required to be vaccinated against COVID-19

By Emily Bevard | Sep 10, 2021

Charleston city employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 22, according to a recent release from Mayor John Tecklenburg's office.

FEMA policy 'disproportionately affecting' Black homeowners to end after calls for change

By Emily Bevard | Sep 10, 2021

A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) policy that denied disaster aid to thousands of Black families has ended following calls by U.S. Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to revise its current regulations.