Governor Mark Sanford signed an incentives package Friday that clears the way for Boeing to build a new factory in North Charleston. The 787 Dreamliner will be produced in the Lowcountry, adding thousands of jobs.

The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983.

Better Business Bureau says scams are targeting people who are unemployed with secret shopper and work-from-home scams.

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanfort signed into law Senate bill 374, Thursday, which extends benefits to the unemployed under the stimulus act. The bill passed with unanimous, bipartisan support and was made necessary by an oversight at the Employment Security Commission (ESC).

Workers who have missed checks will get them retroactively.

Taxpayers will spend about $115,000 for two-day session.

State lawmakers say they were surprised to learn that the state pays unemployment benefits to some people who are fired for misconduct or quit their jobs.

South Carolina’s unemployment figure rose to 11.6% for September, which was up after two months of declines. The state ESC Director says “the unemployment rate will remain high for the foreseeable future.“

Experts predict the September jobless rate to stand around 11.5% when new figures are released Wednesday.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has put together a round-table meeting to discuss the state’s unemployment agency and handle a shortfall of as much as $1 billion in covering jobless benefits.

Thousands of South Carolina’s unemployed will miss out on additional benefits after state officials failed to take the steps necessary to secure them.

South Carolina businesses might have to pay more for each employee over the next couple of years to rebuild the state unemployment benefit fund.

Officials say a manufacturer of disposable baby diapers is moving into a former South Carolina textile plant, creating 260 jobs in a rural county suffering from high unemployment.

In July, South Carolina reached 11.8 percent unemployment, well above the national average of 9.4 percent, and rated sixth-highest in the country.

Gov. Mark Sanford visited Swansea High to learn more about its successful Jobs for America’s Graduates program. He also answered our questions about what he’s doing about the state’s high unemployment rate.