| S.C. loses thousands of construction jobs South Carolina lost 6,100 construction jobs from March to April 2020 as the industry saw job losses in every state except South Dakota. An analysis of federal data by the Associated General Contractors of America found that nationwide, the industry lost 975,000 jobs — a drop of 13% — from March to April. Curfew timing based on daylight for police Responding to questions from businesses already struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, Charleston and Charleston County officials said they took their lead from law enforcement on the timing of multiple days of curfews. | 