From the daily archives:

Friday, October 16, 2009

South Carolina’s unemployment rate is one of the worst in the nation at 11.5 percent. But it’s even worst in some highly industrial areas across the country, leading to an unexpected result.

Chairman of the Board of Economic Advisers John Rainey says the rate is worse than it might be because a number of unemployed workers from the midwest and northeast have flocked to Southern states hoping to find employment.

All totaled, 244,000 workers have moved into the state over the past year for various reasons, according to the South Carolina Department of Commerce. [click to continue…]

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Governor calls roundtable meeting on unemployment insurance

by William Christopher 10/16/09 10:03 PM

The potential for increases to the unemployment insurance tax on the state’s businesses prompted Governor Mark Sanford to call together what he calls an Unemployment Roundtable with the South Carolina Department of Commerce and leaders of all sized businesses from around the state. That meeting is set for Tuesday(beginning at 9:30, Brown Building in the [...]

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Lt. Gov. asking for special session to get more fed unemployment checks

by William Christopher 10/16/09 5:50 PM

Lt. Governor André Bauer is asking state leaders to join him in calling the General Assembly into special session to fix a problem he says is stopping South Carolina from drawing down free federal dollars that would extend 20 additional weeks of unemployment checks to thousands of jobless workers.
Bauer says more than 100,000 South Carolinians [...]

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Dead student identified following shooting by school officer

by William Christopher 10/16/09 3:28 PM

A junior high student at Horry County’s Carolina Forest High School died shortly before 11am Friday after he allgedly stabbed a school resource officer who then shot him.
A school district spokeswoman said Trevor Varinecz, asked to speak to the officer in his office. A fight broke out and the 16-year old was shot. The school [...]

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SC undertakes groundbreaking N-I-H research

by Ashley Byrd 10/16/09 2:20 PM

Clemson University, the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina will work together on a $9.3 million research project for tissue regeneration.
The program will work from Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center’s with five-year funding from the National Institute of Health.
Another multi-million dollar health project will help South Carolinians participate in [...]

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