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.

South Carolina pays unemployment benefits to some workers who are fired from their jobs for everything from drug use to stealing to being late to work. It also pays benefits to some workers who quit their jobs voluntarily. Nearly one quarter of workers filing for unemployment benefits in South Carolina were fired for misconduct. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

Gov. Mark Sanford visited Swansea High School on Monday to talk to students, teachers and organizers of a pilot program called Jobs for America’s Graduates-South Carolina. JAG-SC is a dropout prevention program that focuses on academic success and career readiness. 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.

One of the main goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was to save or create 3.5 million jobs nationwide. But, after $332 million in stimulus money has made it to South Carolina so far, it isn’t creating any jobs, says Richard Eckstrom, SC Comptroller General and chairman of the state Stimulus Oversight Task Force. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

More South Carolina workers can go through government-funded retraining programs to get basic skills needed for entry-level jobs. The South Carolina Department of Commerce said Thursday it is putting $4 million into the state technical college system’s Quick Jobs program. The effort is supported through the federal Workforce Investment Act and the $787 billion federal stimulus law.

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

According to a release from the South Carolina Department of Commerce’s Kara Borie, Crane Company is consolidating its North American vending operations to South Carolina.

According to a release from the South Carolina Department of Commerce’s Kara Borie, Crane Company is consolidating its North American vending operations to South Carolina.

South Carolina Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor has added a new wrinkle to the nation’s third-highest unemployment rate by saying drug use is keeping people from getting jobs.

Greenville County’s top business recruiter says a unit of South Korea-based Samsung Group will open a customer service center in the Upstate, hiring 300 people when it opens in May.

South Carolina officials say a company that offers quality control management for the automotive industry will put its new North American headquarters in Greenville County.

South Carolina is again on the verge of running out of money to pay unemployment benefits and Gov. Mark Sanford is threatening to fire Employment Security Commissioners. Gov. Sanford describes the situation as, “Really what amounts to an agency that is out of control.“ WJBF News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

South Carolina’s unemployment rate has climbed to 8.4% after another 11,500 people lost their jobs last month. That’s well above the national average unemployment rate of 6.7% for November. WJBF News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.