South Carolina July jobless rate hits 9.6 percent
The South Carolina unemployment rate rose to 9.6 percent in July from 4 percent in June, driven by 4,040 new jobless claims and an 11,231 drop in employment. Government sector losses led the decline, with other declines in trade and manufacturing. The rate tracks the national trend, with education seasonality cited by DEW officials.
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May
South Carolina
North Carolina
Adrian Fairwell
Abraham Turner
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Dozens of Petition Candidates Qualify for State House Ballots
The South Carolina Election Commission certified 36 petition candidates for State House and Senate after the verification ended Wednesday. Eight petitions were invalid, leaving a surge of petition filings prompted by a May state Supreme Court ruling. Kerry Wood of Operation Lost Vote praised the campaigns' rapid effort to meet the 5 percent signature requirement by July 16.
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Supreme Court
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Man charged with murder in Waffle House shooting
Charleston police linked 18-year-old Deonte Brown of Ravenel to the July 15 Waffle House shooting that killed 19-year-old Dantaye Reed. Brown was already charged with attempted murder in the wounding of Quinton Allen of Johns Island after a fight inside the restaurant. Ballistic tests tied the fatal and nonfatal shootings to the same gun.
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Quinton Allen
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Reed
Charleston County
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