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South Carolina unemployment rate drops as tourist season heats up

Meg Kinnard

Photo Credit: Kayaks are lined up before a 3-hour kayaking tour into the wetlands of Folly Beach, South Carolina.  Flickr / Let Ideas Compete

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Tourism provides more than a seasonal boost for South Carolina workers; it’s also added 11,000 jobs over the past year.

Unemployment in South Carolina fell in March for the second month in a row. The Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday that the state's jobless rate was 8.4 percent last month. That's a

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