Greenville County unemployment decreases
Anderson, Pickens and Spartanburg counties stay the same
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Sherry Jackson
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Young Americans
Millennials are fueling Greenville’s population growth and delighting employers, while presenting unique challenges. Who are they? What do they want? Where are they going?
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NCR to conduct special inspection at Oconee Nuclear Station
A special inspection at Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station will begin Tuesday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assess the degradation of power cables on startup transformers for two of the plant’s three units.
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Innovation and art collide at NEXT
Senior visual arts students at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities turned NEXT’s writable walls into large-scale works of art as a part of a senior art project that could become an annual event.
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State’s unemployment rate hasn’t been this low since 2001
The number of employed South Carolinians rose by more than 2,740 people in November to give the state a labor force of 2,261,406. Employment increased an estimated 71,202 people over the past year, a record increase for the state.
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State’s jobless rate falls below pre-recession levels
The state’s jobless rate fell one-tenth of a point to 5.6 percent, the lowest since June 2007. It’s the fifth consecutive month the state’s unemployment rate has decreased.
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Front Row: Greenville Planning Commission, November meeting
The smallest subdivision on the agenda generated big discussion at the City of Greenville Planning Commission’s November meeting. But in the end, three new subdivisions were approved, including one the commission had rejected about a year ago.
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Upstate businesses asked to help state with clean energy plan
South Carolina would be required to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030 under a new federal rule, and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control will be in the Upstate on Nov. 19 to get input on how to do that.
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Manufacturing hiring flat, other sectors growing
Hiring nationwide in manufacturing was flat in October, while employment in professional and business services, health care, retail, food services and construction grew, according to the latest employment report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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SC to cut unemployment insurance tax rate
The new rate represents an average reduction of 17.1 percent over last year’s rate. Businesses will save more than $69 million as a result, according to the state Department of Employment and Workforce.
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