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The state of South Carolina has hired dreaded trial attorneys with an eye toward recovering the state's costs for removing mold from the governor's mansion. The state spent $5.6 million renovating the mansion a few years ago.

State hopes to recoup Governor's Mansion expense

By Aaron Gould Sheinin

Knight Ridder

COLUMBIA - Ridding the Governor's Mansion and two other buildings of mold will cost more than $1 million, State Budget and Control Board members were told Tuesday.
In response, the board members hired attorneys to try to get some of that money back.
Cleaning the mansion itself will cost $550,000, estimates Risk Tech, the Charleston company the state hired to fix the problem.
Repairs to two other buildings in the mansion complex, the Lace and Caldwell-Boylston houses, will cost a combined $491,000.
The state's top financial officers agreed to hire the law firm of Young Clement Rivers to investigate whether the state can recoup any costs.