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Unemployment taxes won't rise as SC pays out millions weekly

by Michelle Liu
| November 12, 2020 10:27 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Although the recession brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has strained South Carolina's unemployment trust fund, the state won't raise unemployment taxes on most businesses next year, Gov. Henry McMaster announced Thursday.

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