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Jobless S.C.'s unemployment rate jumped to 7.0 percent in July, up almost a full percentage point from June's 6.1 percent. N.C.'s unemployment rate for July was 6.6 percent. The national unemployment rate for July was 5.7 percent. The lowest unemployment rate in S.C. for July was Lexington County's 5.2 percent. The highest was in Allendale County at 15.9 percent. More ... When Richland County property owners in Richland One pay taxes to Richland County, they get hit for the expenses in housing and running education programs. The program costs are partially carried by state and federal contributions, which come from income taxes collected from all over. More ... Excerpt from Forbes, September 1, 2008 America's Best Colleges (No, Not That List) Forbes.com has ranked 569 colleges largely on the quality of the undergraduate experience including how students evaluated their professors. More ... On Saturday, October 25, the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) local lodge 2808- Columbia will hold an Italian Festival in downtown Columbia at the Riverfront Park, where there is a bronze statue of Christopher Columbus. Columbia was named for Columbus before any other American city or South American country borrowed the idea. More ... Sisters of Charity at Providence Hospitals recently recognized Florence Scott, dietary, for 35 years of employment at the hospitals. Amy Stone, vice president of retail recruitment for City Center Partnership, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the University of South Carolina. More ... William C. Hubbard of Columbia, took over August 12, 2008, as chair of the American Bar Association's House of Delegates at the ABA's annual meeting in New York City. In his new position, Hubbard will lead the ABA's policy- making body in setting direction for the association. More ... |
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