COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - An analysis of state records shows South Carolina agencies charged with protecting health, children and families weathering the recession have cut more than 1,200 jobs in the past year.
That's more than half the cuts to state payroll. State Budget and Control Board records show agency employment has fallen to just below 61,000.
An analysis by The Associated Press shows the largest job losses came at the Department of Social Services and the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
State budget writers expect more as they grapple with ways to cut as much as $800 million from the state's $5 billion budget.
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