Seventeen Unemployment Offices Restored

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By Crandall Sims

Story Created: Mar 13, 2013 at 5:52 PM EDT

Story Updated: Mar 13, 2013 at 6:31 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- State lawmakers have voted to restore seventeen unemployment offices in rural South Carolina Counties after those cities were dismantled last month.

The move comes amid a bipartisan budget amendment.

That amendment directs the state's unemployment agency to spend up to $1.5 million dollars for staff programs to help the jobless file unemployment benefits and get back to work.

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