South Carolina House backs overhaul of unemployment agency
During the week of February 15 19 the House approved transferring the Employment Security Commission to state control under the governor. The measure sets higher benefit standards and allows firing of the Workforce Department director as auditors warned of fund risk and poor accounting. The bill cleared second reading 108 to 1 and moved toward the Senate.
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South Carolina Debates Overhaul Bills Target Crime and Safety
Lawmakers advance bills changing nuclear waste funding, dating violence policies, golf cart allowances, EMS records openness, and cell phone use while driving. A study committee proposal lampoons legislative panels as "Doing the Most Important Kind of Nothing Act of 2010."
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Charleston ports workers to take extra three furlough days
South Carolina ports workers will take three additional unpaid leave days to save money. The State Ports Authority says 483 employees will reduce costs by about 170000 dollars per furlough day as it aims to cut 10 percent of 70 million in operating expenses this year. Traffic over the Ben Sawyer Bridge reopened after replacing the old swing bridge with a 640 ton span linking Mount Pleasant and Sullivans Island.
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