Gov. Mark Sanford said this morning that he was not surprised by the S.C. State Ethics Commission’s announcement earlier this week that it was moving forward with a hearing on whether Sanford broke any laws in his airline travel. Sanford also said a report on the investigation would be made public on Monday by the Ethics Commission.
The state’s unemployment rate increased to 12.1% in October from a revised rate of 11.7% in September, the State Employment Security Commission reported today.
An Upstate project management firm has been chosen by Boeing Co. to oversee the building of the 1.1 million square foot final assembly plant that broke ground in North Charleston this morning. CMC South Carolina Steel also has been chosen to design and build the steel structure of the new plant.
More than 200 people packed into a ballroom at the Francis Marion Hotel in downtown Charleston on Thursday night to say thank you to the volunteers, first responders, physicians and health care professionals for work that often goes unrecognized.