South Carolina s manufacturing industry is bigger than previously believed since most measures have not counted temporary staffing workers who work at manufacturing plants as manufacturing employees, according to a University of South Carolina researcher.
Research economist Joey Von Nessen spoke Tuesday alongside Gov. Henry McMaster and South Carolina Speaker of the House Jay Lucas as they introduced the 2020 South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance Economic Impact report.
The manufacturing industry accounts for more than $200 billion of economic activity and about 30% of the state s jobs, if those temporary workers and other businesses that are supported by manufacturing such as construction are included in the measures, said Von Nessen, a research economist with the university s Darla Moore School of Business.
ABC Columbia
Apr 7, 2021 5:37 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina’s hate crime legislation is one step closer to becoming law. Wednesday afternoon, the measure known as the Clementa Pinckney Bill passed its first reading in the House. The bill’s sponsors say it will send a clear message that hate is not tolerated in South Carolina.
The bill must pass two more readings before Wednesday’s crossover deadline to be considered in the Senate.
Prior to Tuesday’s vote, Kershaw County Republican Representative Victor Dabney posted on Facebook his reasons for voting no. Dabney writes, in part, “our entire way of life has been vilified by the left; it’s our whiteness and our “straightness” that keeps getting in the way.” He adds that he is told “we are the reason that blacks can’t seem to succeed in our society. We are the reason that black crime rates are ten times that of others. We are the reason that the black family unit has been destroyed and most young
Apr 7, 2021 9:49 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – State leaders have started responding to a lawmakers’s comments about why he voted against the hate crime bill moving its way through the South Carolina legislature.
The bill known as the Clementa Pinckney Bill passed its first reading in the House with a vote of 79-29 Wednesday afternoon but within hours controversy has spread across the state.
Post by Rep. Victor Dabney
Source: Facebook
Prior to Wednesday’s vote, Rep. Victor Dabney (R-Camden), posted on Facebook his reasons for voting no. Dabney writes, in part, “our entire way of life has been vilified by the left; it’s our whiteness and our “straightness” that keeps getting in the way.” He adds that he is told “we are the reason that blacks can’t seem to succeed in our society. We are the reason that black crime rates are ten times that of others. We are the reason that the black family unit has been destroyed and most young black children don’t have a fathe