Government

The Chamber chief discusses a variety of topics, including whether the General Assembly will approve more road funding as the state chamber and others want.

While the number of people working in South Carolina hit a new record, an even greater number of people entered the workforce, leading to a slight increase in the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January.

The measure includes long-term funding and governance reform. The bill will be added to House legislative calendar for debate in coming weeks.

The event, emceed by Merl Code, featured the presentation of the Chamber’s annual awards, remarks from new Chamber President and CEO Carlos Phillips, and the passing of the gavel from 2016 Board of Directors Chair David Lominack to 2017 Chair Brenda Thames.

The South Carolina Speaker of the House said during a talk in Greenville on Monday, Jan. 9,, that businesses will eventually stop investing in the state if lawmakers don’t find the money to repair its crumbling road network.

Greenville developer Bo Aughtry has been replaced on the S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank board, removing the Upstate’s only representative on the powerful seven-member body.

City officials anticipate department's Class 1 Public Protection Classification will reduce insurance premiums for property owners in Spartanburg beginning in March 2017.

An Australian trade official said during a visit to Greenville that his country would talk with China about its plans for an Asia-wide trade agreement that would not include the United States, though no decisions have been made.

Restaurants and other kinds of businesses were just getting ready to comply with an Obama administration rule extending overtime pay to 4.2 million workers when a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday putting the change on hold for now.