This week, the South Carolina State House gets back to business.On Tuesday, the General Assembly will gavel in a new ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former South Carolina senator Kay Patterson, who rose from cleaning offices at the segregated Statehouse to serving as a state legislator for over 30 years died Friday.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Former South Carolina State Senator Kay Patterson, who served over 30 years in the state legislature, has died at the age of 93, according to various state officials.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former South Carolina State Senator Kay Patterson, who represented Richland County for decades and fought to get the Confederate flag taken off the State House dome, has passed ...

COLUMBIA — Kay Patterson, a longtime Columbia-area state legislator and one the ... He later moved on to a 22-year career in the South Carolina Senate, where he became just the second Black ...

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He was 93. The South Carolina Democratic Party announced Patterson's death saying he “left an indelible mark on our state. Senator Patterson commanded everyone’s attention with his wit and ...

Kay Patterson, Who Rose From Janitor at Segregated South Carolina Capitol to State Senator, Dies COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Sen. Kay Patterson, who rose from cleaning offices at ...