Time ticking in deal to help unemployment benefits Posted: Dec 29, 2008 10:56 AM Updated: Dec 30, 2008 03:02 PM
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The standoff between South Carolina's governor and state officials continues, with only two days before the state must stop printing unemployment checks for 77,000 people. In a WIS News 10 story that's drawn attention from all over the nation, Gov. Mark Sanford's office and the Employment Security Commission continued Tuesday to discuss ways to keep the fund that pays $14 million a week to unemployed South Carolinians from running dry. Last month, South Carolina reported the nation's third-worst unemployment rate at 8.4 percent. Forecasters have said the jobless rate could reach an unprecedented 14 percent next year. Sanford says he won't request a $146 million federal loan to pay unemployment benefits through March until the commission agrees to his demands that include an audit by the state's watchdog agency. http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9589358 --- Make sure you read the comments left by people. I wouldn't count on Gov. Sanford being re-elected. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
