//Half of SC’s hospitality jobs gone; jobless rate hits record

Half of SC’s hospitality jobs gone; jobless rate hits record

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s unemployment rate soared to a level never seen in more than 40 years of reporting as the <a href=”https://apnews.com/d4bf8833e3d67f8c9ad6c495a3e1753f” target=”&mdash;blank”>coronavirus</a> wiped out nearly half the state’s restaurant tourism and other hospitality jobs.

The <a href=”https://dew.sc.gov/news-details-page/2020/05/22/south-carolina-employment-situation-april-2020″ target=”&mdash;blank”>state’s unemployment rate</a> was 12.1% in April, according to