News & Policy Positions

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This edition is a little longer than most, but there's a lot to cover. Particularly as it relates to the lengthy fight to continue improving education for all children, parents, teachers, and administrators in South Carolina! Despite eight weeks of delay designed to preserve the status quo, the Senate was able to pass an education reform proposal...

The start of the 2020 Legislative Session has been...well...strange. The education reform bill, that has been in the works for over a year now, is clearly the center of attention in the Senate

We're nearing the end of the 2019 legislative session and with several significant issues still on the table, namely education reform and whether or not to sell Santee Cooper, the next few week will be extremely busy. This week, the Senate passed a balanced budget...

The South Carolina General Assembly returned to session this week. While the first week was consumed by organizational efforts and inaugural events for Governor Henry McMaster, there are many important issues facing our state. Lets take a look at some of the larger issues on tap for this year’s session.

Although a few items remain to be resolved, the 122nd Session of the South Carolina General Assembly came to an end on May 10, 2018. The session, while largely overshadowed by the constant presence of the V.C. Summer nuclear failure and the corresponding response, or lack thereof, of SCANA and SCE&G, did produce some meaningful results. Here are a just a few...