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Lawsuit contends ending benefits hurt workers and the SC economy

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Lexington County Chronicle August 26, 2021 A business group wants federal unemployment benefits reinstated. SC Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty has approved the filing of a friend of the court brief challenging the legality of the state ending federal unemployment benefits. Gov. Henry McMaster and Daniel Ellzey, SC Department of Employment and Workforce head, […]

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Brief filed detailing economic and small business harm from early ending of federal pandemic unemployment benefits in SC

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Press Release Contact: Marie Claire Tran-Leung Shriver Center on Poverty Law 312-307-3467 marieclairetran@povertylaw.org Frank Knapp Jr. South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC, August 26, 2021—Today Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty for the South Carolina Supreme Court, approved the filing of an Amicus Brief supporting a challenge to a lower court

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Unemployment benefits running out for thousands of South Carolinians

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WWIS WCSC WRDW June 29, 2021 By Adam Mintzer and Patrick Phillips COLUMBIA, S.C. – Approximately 60,000 unemployed South Carolinians will no longer be eligible for any unemployment benefits starting Wednesday. The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says that includes both federal and state benefits. South Carolina is one of more than 20

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