SC Senators Request Audit Of Unemployment Agency

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The chairman of a South Carolina Senate panel that oversees the Employment Security Commission says he wants detailed information on how the agency that calculates unemployment is doing its job.

Aiken Senator Greg Ryberg said Thursday he and 17 other Republican senators asked the Legislative Audit Council to examine how the commission manages its resources and complies with regulations.

Ryberg says he’ll hold hearings once the audit is released.

Governor Mark Sanford had refused to request a 146 million dollars federal loan to keep the state’s unemployment fund afloat because he wanted an audit by the state watchdog agency.

Sanford signed the request last week, just hours before the deadline as several other lawmakers also asked for the audit.