| Bill Hall, founder of Hall Management Group, dies at 73 Bill Hall, owner of downtown Charleston’s Halls Chophouse and other restaurants across the state, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning. He worked in hospitality for more than 50 years before opening Halls Chophouse with his wife in 2009. S.C. Supreme Court agrees to hear SAFE Grant Case The dispute over Gov. Henry McMaster’s private school grant program will be heard by state Supreme Court justices on Sept. 18 after an Orangeburg judge issued an injunction against the grants on July 22. | 
A panel of business, education and economic mobilitiy leaders discussed schools reopening in the era of COVID-19 last week during a livestream event hosted by the Charleston Regional Business Journal. 
