| SCDOT projects $78 million revenue reduction The S.C. Department of Transportation projects a $78 million revenue reduction as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on gas tax and car sales receipts.The forecast predicts a $54 million shortfall in gas tax revenue and a $24 million decrease in vehicle sales tax through July DHEC exceeds goal of testing 2% of population for COVID-19 The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has exceeded its goal of testing 2% of the state’s population, or 110,000 people, for COVID-19 by May 31. DHEC announced Tuesday that 110,316 tests have been performed in South Carolina since May 1. | 
As industry begins to reopen across the state, life science companies turn their sights to expanding COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody testing options for the workplace. A high-throughput COVID-19 diagnostic program and smartphone-based employee welness platform using an RFID thermometer is in the works at Greenville-based Precision Genetics.
The newest addition to Verdae’s Legacy Square will be dubbed The Sumerel in honor of the development’s late president and CEO, Rick Sumerel. The 50,000-square-foot mixed-use space at Rocky Slope Road will house NHE Inc.’s new headquarters, Willson Jones Carter and Baxley, DeHollander and Janse Financial Group and a newly announced AO-The Space, a day spa and salon.
