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COMMENTARY | ANDY BRACK
Recovery coming, but slow

JAN. 27, 2012 -- By the end of the year, a few of South Carolina’s metropolitan areas -- Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Anderson and Columbia -- are projected to be about halfway home or better in terms of making up jobs lost during the Great Recession.

And by the end of 2015, those four metro areas -- plus Greenville, Charlotte and the Augusta/Aiken area -- should have the same number of jobs as they did before the recession, according to a new report commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. ... MORE

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Interior designer bill problematic

JAN. 27, 2012 -- In an effort to directly compete with architects and to differentiate themselves from other interior designers, a small group of interior designers in South Carolina has crafted a bill that would allow them to provide services far beyond that which is allowed by South Carolina law and those they are qualified to perform.

House Bill 4073 is a bill that would for the first time regulate interior designers in South Carolina -- legislation that all but three states in the country have found to be unnecessary, costly and confusing to the public. ... MORE

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