Unemployment under Republican Nikki Haley up to 10.9% while she doles out well-paid jobs to political cronies. Immediate Release Contact: Amanda Loveday aloveday@scdp.org Columbia, SC - In anticipation of Labor Day - commemorating the contributions of generations of hard working South Carolinians
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SC Jobless Rate Up
South Carolina's unemployment rate inched up in July (its first increase of the year). Meanwhile the state's labor force contracted for the fifth consecutive month - a sign that employers aren't hiring and that more Palmetto state workers are giving up their job search due to the lack of available opportunities. July's
Read story »SC Gets Unemployment Aid
South Carolina will receive $97.5 million in additional federal unemployment benefits after its jobs agency basically expanded the Palmetto state's pool of eligible recipients. The money is part of the $787 billion "stimulus" plan passed last February, which means that these benefits are being paid
Read story »SC Unemployment Agency Releases $41 Million
By FITSNews || The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) - our state's newest alphabet soup agency - cut 50,000 unemployment benefit checks and made 20,000 direct deposits and debit card transactions this week. That means roughly $41 million is headed into the pockets of South Carolinians
Read story »SC Unemployment Down, But Job Outlook Still Gloomy
By FITSNews || South Carolina's unemployment rate fell for the fifth consecutive month in June, but the state's labor force contracted for the fourth straight month. In fact, South Carolina's labor force has shrunk by more than 25,000 workers over the last six months - not a good sign for the state's
Read story »SC Unemployment Rate Falls To 11%
By FITSNews || South Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 11 percent in May according to data released Friday by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW). After peaking at 12.5 percent in January, South Carolina's rate has dropped in each of the last four months. May's employment gains,
Read story »Census Hiring Keeps Unemployment Rate Flat
By FITSNews || A surge of temporary hiring for the U.S. Census kept America's unemployment rate holding at 9.7 percent for the third straight month, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor. Meanwhile, the nation's "underemployment" rate - which includes people who are so depressed
Read story »SC Unemployment Rate Hits 12.6%
By FITSNews || Despite over a billion dollars in so-called "stimulus" money, South Carolina's unemployment rate surged to another record high of 12.6 percent in December - the fourth highest rate in the nation. The worst could be yet to come, too, as analysts predict that the rate will pass the 13
Read story »SC Unemployment Falls As Fewer Seek Work
South Carolina's unemployment rate fell for the second consecutive month in August, according to data released Friday by the S.C. Employment Security Commission. South Carolina's unemployment rate - the nation's sixth-highest - dropped from 11.7% in July to 11.5% last month, although the reduction
Read story »Record S.C. Unemployment Climbs Again
South Carolina's record unemployment rate climbed again in May, reaching a whopping 12.1%. That represents a 0.7% increase from April's rate, which came in at a revised 11.4%. A seasonal influx of tourism jobs kept the rate from climbing even higher, although the agency in charge of releasing the
Read story »Record Unemployment
Next time you hear the term "record unemployment" tossed out in reference to the Palmetto State, it won't be hyperbole. South Carolina's unemployment rate reached an all-time high of 11.5% today - with the ceiling still lurking. It was the thirteenth straight month that the state's unemployment
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South Carolina registered the nation's second-highest unemployment rate again in February, an 11% mark that's up nearly a point from the previous month and includes four counties with rates of 20% or higher. Unbelievable. Only Michigan - at 12% - has a higher unemployment rate, while the national
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