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The South Carolina Department of Commerce announced today that South Carolina has been named among the top 10 states for key site selection criteria, according to Area Development magazine’s recent survey of highly respected site consultants who work with a nationwide client base. South Carolina ranked #3 overall meeting key location requirements, according to...
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Secretary of Transportation H.B. Limehouse Jr. has sent a letter to the General Assembly, updating his annual “State of SCDOT” report with the latest operational and financial status of the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT).
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The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States increased by 43.7 percent to 2.3 million, more than twice the national rate of 18.0 percent between 2002 and 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau announced. About 45.8 percent of all Hispanic-owned businesses were owned by people of Mexican origin.
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Construction is set to begin in late 2010 on the The Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology's (SiMT) newest facility. One of eight facilities that is part of SiMT's master plan for its 146-acre campus in Florence, South Carolina, the new building will be a manufacturing business incubator facility, a place where new businesses...
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Andrea Whittington, a speech language pathology major at Columbia College, was honored with the Order of the Purple Seal.
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Joined by state lawmakers and pro-life advocates at the Carolina Pregnancy Center in Spartanburg, Gov. Mark Sanford today signed H.3245, a bill establishing a 24-hour waiting period before abortions. The new law requires that a woman considering an abortion be given a full day to review materials objectively explaining what an abortion is and...
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The people of South Carolina deserve credit for helping save an estimated $1.6 billion in costs for the 2010 census, William W. Hatcher, regional director of the Census Bureau, said today.
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke spoke at the annual meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments, Charleston, on August 2.
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South Carolina’s 2008 infant mortality rate of 8.0 deaths for each 1,000 live births has declined by 6 percent from the 2007 rate of 8.5, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced.
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The SC Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) announced that it will soon begin phasing in the elimination of paper checks for weekly unemployment payments. The agency, formerly known as the Employment Security Commission, will offer two electronic payment options for the jobless in South Carolina to receive benefits.
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Pertussis infections, also known as whooping cough, continue to rise in South Carolina, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control reported.
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