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Thursday, September 27, 2012  Businesses will receive their revised 2012 unemployment insurance tax rates during the next several days, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) announced Thursday.

Friday, September 21, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says the state's August unemployment held steady at 9.6 percent.

Friday, August 31, 2012  South Carolina's unemployment agency is yanking benefits from thousands of people who are not searching for work through its online database.

Saturday, July 21, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce released numbers Friday showing unemployment claims are up. The report says the rate increased to 9.4 percent in June from 9.1 percent in May. The numbers are seasonally adjusted.

Friday, July 20, 2012  South Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 9.4 percent in June from 9.1 percent in May.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  More than two dozen veterans took advantage of a mobile veteran center that stopped at the Coastal Workforce offices on Thursday.

Monday, July 09, 2012  As doors opened, 60 people turned out for the job fair held by Frontier Communications at Horry Georgetown Technical College's Grand Strand campus. The company is trying to fill 110 positions at a new call center in Myrtle Beach.

Friday, May 18, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says the state's unemployment rate went down for the ninth straight month from 8.9 percent in March to 8.8 percent in April.

Friday, March 30, 2012  It's the seventh straight decline.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  State officials are hoping the latest unemployment numbers in South Carolina can start a new streak.

Friday, October 21, 2011  The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says the state's unemployment rate dropped slightly from 11.1 percent in August to 11 percent in September.

Thursday, September 15, 2011  South Carolina employers will be getting refund checks or future credits to recover higher unemployment insurance premiums they paid.

Friday, June 17, 2011  Out of 46 SC counties, three in the MB/Pee Dee area ranked in the top 10 for highest unemployment rates in the state. Meanwhile, the summer tourist season seems to be having an impact on local job markets.

Friday, May 06, 2011  Employers added more than 200,000 jobs in April for the third straight month, the biggest hiring spree in five years. But the unemployment rate rose to 9 percent in part because some people resumed looking for work.

Thursday, May 05, 2011  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has picked the former commanding general of Fort Jackson to lead the state's unemployment agency.