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News from January 2022

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Average VA home loans amounts in South Carolina increase from 2019 to 2020

By Palmetto State News | Jan 10, 2022

The average VA loan amount for South Carolina in the fiscal year 2020 was $254,714, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Number of VA loans issued in South Carolina increases by three percent from 2018 to 2019

By Palmetto State News | Jan 10, 2022

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued 16,341 home loans totaling $3.9 billion in South Carolina during the fiscal year 2019, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin sees 2.5% increase in non-farm payroll employees since last year

By Palmetto State News | Jan 10, 2022

The number of employees on non-farm payrolls in January in the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin metropolitan statistical area was 426,800, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce: World of Musicals

By Press release submission | Jan 10, 2022

The World of Musicals brings the very best of musical theatre to life and will return to the HT@MTC stage after wowing the audience in 2018.

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Top chefs: Ondo, Williams, Shaak named state's Chef Ambassadors for 2022

By Zachary Richter | Jan 9, 2022

Gov. Henry McMaster, state Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers, and state Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Director Duane Parrish, recently named three South Carolina chefs to serve as the state's official Chef Ambassadors for 2022.

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South Carolina's pension fund valued at $39.7 million in 2021

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

In 2021, South Carolina had $39.7 million in total cash and investment holdings in its public pension funds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.

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Florence sees 1.8% increase in non-farm payroll employees since last year

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

The number of employees on non-farm payrolls in January in the Florence metropolitan statistical area was 89,600, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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2,983 residents die of CLRD in South Carolina in 2017

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

There were 2,983 South Carolina residents who died of chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD) in 2017, a 3.9 percent increase over the previous year, according to data obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics.

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14 people die in South Carolina from kidney disease in week ending December 4

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

There were 14 deaths with nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis listed as the underlying cause reported in South Carolina during the week ending December 4, a 7.7 percent increase over the previous week.

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13 people die in South Carolina from influenza and pneumonia in week ending December 4

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

There were 13 deaths with influenza and pneumonia listed as the underlying cause reported in South Carolina during the week ending December 4, an increase over the previous week.

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Average VA purchase loan amount in South Carolina increases from 2018 to 2019

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

The average VA purchase loan amount for South Carolina in the fiscal year 2019 was $243,731, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in South Carolina average $252,349 for Q3

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

The VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in South Carolina for the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 averaged $252,349, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin sees 3% increase in non-farm payroll employees since last year

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

The number of employees on non-farm payrolls in October in the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin metropolitan statistical area was 425,400, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Charleston-North Charleston sees 4.3% increase in non-farm payroll employees since last year

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

The number of employees on non-farm payrolls in August in the Charleston-North Charleston metropolitan statistical area was 366,300, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Average VA home loans amounts in South Carolina increase from 2018 to 2019

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

The average VA loan amount for South Carolina in the fiscal year 2019 was $240,264, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Beethoven and Blue Jeans is here

By SC Philharmonic | Jan 9, 2022

Beethoven and Blue Jeans is here The SC Phil's hit annual event is back!

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Plant Safety Awards Application Now Available

By SC Manufacturers Alliance | Jan 9, 2022

2022 SC Safety Summit in Spartanburg

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Upper threshold of death expectancy exceeds death count in South Carolina during week Jan. 8

By Palmetto State News | Jan 9, 2022

South Carolina's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending Jan. 8, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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SC State, Jackson State universities see almost 90% graduation rate amongst student-athletes, The Undefeated finds

By Ariana Chiarenza | Jan 8, 2022

Recent numbers collected from South Carolina universities show that South Carolina State University (SCSU) and Jackson State University student-athletes have nearly a 90% graduation rate, in particular among Black university student-athletes, according to a report by sports and culture website The Undefeated.

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Richland County's Black history sites garner worldwide attention, the latest of which honors renowned educator Saxon

By Solange DeLisle | Jan 8, 2022

Black history has deep roots in South Carolina's Richland County, which has now received both national and worldwide attention for the county's past and efforts to preserve it for future generations.