After months of back and forth with the state's Employment Security Commission, Gov. Mark Sanford is signing off on more money to help the unemployed. Unemployment here is at 9.5%. That means more than 100-thousand people are out of work. As claims continue to rise, the state's jobless benefit fund has gone empty. So, the governor has approved taking federal loans to keep checks flowing to those in need. Now, despite opposing the overall stimulus plan, he's now accepting money to increase unemployment benefits by $25 a week. While every dollar counts in a tough economy, some give this extra help mixed reviews.

People are constantly walking in and out of the state's Employment Security Commission office. Tamyra Meaders says she's been doing that for about a year now. She worked for the Department of Social Services, until budget cuts forced the agency to let her go.

She says, "You don't know when it will happen, it can happen any day and the next day you need money to feed your children."

Meaders has two, both of them younger than four-years-old. She's been searching want ads trying to find a job; but hasn't had much luck. She ultimately had no other choice but to come to the commission for unemployment benefit checks. Since December the state has requested more than 150 million dollars in federal loans to pay out jobless claims from a trust fund governor Mark Sanford says has been dwindling for years. On top of those loans stimulus money will now allow jobless people to receive an extra $25 each week.

Meaders says, " $25 spread over a lot of people is satisfactory."

But that's not how everyone feels. James Lawson says, "It should've been a little more; should've been $50."

"If they could give more that be great; but don't want to be a chooser," says Meadors.

Officials say they're still working out the details of adding the cash to unemployment checks. We'll keep you posted on when the new payments should start.