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.

South Carolina’s attorney general is kicking off his run for governor by revealing his plan to create jobs in a state battered by high unemployment.

The jobless figure falls to 11.8% in July after posting a 12.1% figure in June according to Friday’s report from the S.C. Employment Security Commission.

In June, South Carolina’s jobless rate was at 12.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country.

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About 70% of people wo tried to file claims on Sunday could not get through.

An economist say the recession has hit bottom and the economy looks like it’s starting to improve nationally and in South Carolina.

June unemployment was virtually unchanged in South Carolina from May and the jobless rate in North Carolina fell slightly to 11 percent.

Governor Mark Sanford and First Lady Jenny Sanford are taking a personal trip for the remainder of the week. His communications director says the Sanfords are leaving south Carolina, but not the country.

The wait for an unemployment check has put one family that reapplied for benefits into a desperate situation.

An economist at North Carolina State University says the state’s jobless rate will peak early next year.

Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy’s road to recovery will be a bumpy one.