Government

Gov. Nikki Haley spoke to about 200 attendees Monday at a Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Piedmont Club.

The first week of the government shutdown didn’t inflict much pain on the Upstate, but it was enough to have the business community rethinking its ties to the feds.

Summer jobs may have been put on the shelf when students returned to school this fall, but employers who hire minors now should be aware of slightly different laws for employment during the school year.

The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) was named one of 60 airports to participate in a pre-screening program that expedites security screenings for certain passengers.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced two final rules to improve hiring and employment of veterans and people with disabilities, but construction groups say the rules are redundant and costly.

If the permit is approved, it could relieve South Carolina of 4,000 metric tons of nuclear waste currently stored at the nearby Oconee Nuclear Station, the Savannah River Site in Aiken County, and other locations. The radioactive waste would move to the Yucca Mountain site about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

On Monday, the S.C. Chamber of Commerce released its legislative scorecard.

Gov. Nikki Haley’s recent veto of funding for a state program that regulates requests to expand healthcare facilities or add services or equipment has put the health care industry in limbo until the path forward is determined by the courts.

In effort to stimulate development of abandoned buildings across the state, Gov. Nikki Haley signed the Abandoned Buildings Revitalization Act into law last month.

Jim Bourey, former Greenville city manager and current director of corporate development at the accounting, tax and consulting firm Elliott Davis, has been named as the new city manager for Newport News, Va.