The attorney general for South Carolina has informed the University of South Carolina that it cannot require students and faculty to wear face masks in campus buildings.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Republican, sent a letter to UofSC interim President Harris Pastides on Monday explaining that the school's guidelines on masking appear to be in violation of rules enacted by the state legislature.
"Please confirm that the University will now not require campus-wide wearing of masks," Wilson wrote to Pastides.