Boeing is planning to have its new 787 Dreamliner production plant running in South Carolina in 2011, but state Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor says the plant will start having an effect on the state’s job situation in a matter of weeks, because Boeing plans to break ground in November. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

Newly released e-mails show that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pushed for a packed schedule but wanted to keep an evening free on a taxpayer-funded trip to Argentina last year. The e-mails released by the state Commerce Department show the planning that went into the trip, which the married governor has said was the start of his affair with an Argentine woman.

We’ve got some great job news to share. Rockland, in Bamberg County, is getting a huge investment to expand and put people to work. The South Carolina Alliance and the South Carolina Department Of Commerce made the announcement on Wednesday.

A company that provides outsourced customer services has announced plans to bring 900 jobs to South Carolina.

A spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says a request for federal aid to pay benefits to out-of-work residents will be signed as soon as unemployment officials agree to certain conditions.

A titanium manufacturer plans to build a $422 million facility in South Carolina that will create hundreds of jobs.