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Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk 

May 5, 2023 South Carolina Policy Council
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May 2, 2023 South Carolina Policy Council
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Certificate of Need repeal passes major legislative hurdle

April 28, 2023 South Carolina Policy Council
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SCPC Voter Poll Release (May 31 – Jun 3, 2022)

June 9, 2022 South Carolina Policy Council
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Inflation in SC shows need for bold tax cuts

May 20, 2022 South Carolina Policy Council
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Analysis: SC’s competing tax cut proposals, what to know

February 24, 2022 South Carolina Policy Council
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Three crucial tax reforms for South Carolina

January 13, 2022 South Carolina Policy Council
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Bills to watch in 2020: Part one

December 5, 2019 South Carolina Policy Council
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Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk 
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Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk 
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Certificate of Need repeal passes major legislative hurdle
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Certificate of Need repeal passes major legislative hurdle
An interest rate cap would harm SC consumers, reduce options
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An interest rate cap would harm SC consumers, reduce options
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Taking the Power Back: Eight Reforms
What Did – and Didn’t – Gov. Haley Veto?
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Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk 
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Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk 
An interest rate cap would harm SC consumers, reduce options
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An interest rate cap would harm SC consumers, reduce options
FY24 budget proposals: SC needs (and can afford) a bigger tax cut
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Six steps to improve SC’s judicial system
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S.954 – Prohibits PSC from issuing any BLRA orders except for experimental rate in House bill

February 1, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This joint resolution instructs the Public Service Commission (PSC) not to take any action on the V.C. Summer issue until ninety days after the end of the 2018 legislative session,…

Education Legislation

H.4389 – Privatization of school buses

January 30, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This bill would privatize the state’s school bus fleet. Under current law, school bus transportation is controlled by the State Board of Education and funded by the state. This bill…

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Property Rights Threatened by Lawmakers’ Economic Development Interests

January 26, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

REMOVING CITIZENS’ POWER TO HOLD THEIR NEIGHBORS ACCOUNTABLE? UPDATE: The final version of the bill placed parameters on the bill’s scope, but the core of the proposal – the violation of…

Legislation

H.3546 – Exempting direct primary care agreements from regulation

January 25, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This bill would allow patients and their doctors to bypass insurance companies and requirements by setting up direct primary care agreements and protect those agreements from regulation by the Department…

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H.4415 – Public Service Commission elected by the people

January 24, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This bill increases the size of the Public Service Commission (PSC) from seven to ten, seven of which are elected by the voters in each congressional district, and three of…

Legislation

H.4414 – PSC appointed by governor, PURC’s role eliminated

January 24, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This bill would allow the governor to appoint the Public Service Commission (PSC) members with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Public Utilities Review Committee (PURC) would no…

Legislation Analysis Research

What the General Assembly did on Last Year’s Budget Vetoes

January 18, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

Last year the legislative session ended before the governor’s line-item vetoes of the 2017-18 budget were issued, and lawmakers opted to wait until session reconvened the following January to sustain…

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Friday Follies: Restaurant Staff Appreciation Month

January 12, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

If there’s anything state lawmakers are good at, it’s wasting time on frivolous legislation. This week’s return to the legislative session was no exception. On Wednesday, a handful of lawmakers…

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Friday Follies: Prefiled House Legislation

January 5, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

It’s a new year in the Palmetto State, and that means the South Carolina’s legislative session is about to begin – on January 9 to be exact. Despite the changes…

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What’s coming in 2018, part two: Prefiled legislation

December 20, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

Over the past few weeks lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have been prefiling new bills for consideration in the upcoming session. Next year is the second half…

Legislation Analysis Research

Senate Energy Solutions: An Analysis

December 14, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

In mid-November, the House prefiled and fast-tracked through committee six bills developed by the special energy investigatory committee, appointed by the House speaker (you can read our analysis of those…

Weekly Legislative Updates

Energy Landing Page

December 8, 2017 Hannah Hill

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What’s coming in 2018, part one: Bills from last year still in play

December 8, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

The 2018 legislative session is just around the corner, and lawmakers from both the House and Senate have prefiled a number of new bills for consideration when session begins on…

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Who Controls Education Policy in South Carolina?

December 5, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

There is one question that we should all ask when analyzing elements of South Carolina government: Who controls it? Answering that question can often be a profoundly frustrating experience, as…

Legislation Analysis Research

House Legislative Energy Solutions: An Analysis

November 21, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

THE HOUSE ENERGY COMMITTEE DRAFTED SIX BILLS TO “FIX” THE SYSTEM. HERE’S WHAT THOSE BILLS WOULD DO. UPDATE: The House passed H.4379 (ORS) and H.4378 (PURC) this week with no substantial…

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Five Principles of Freedom: Achieving Prosperity in South Carolina

November 13, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES FACING SOUTH CAROLINA, WE SHOULD FIRST ASK: WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? In January, lawmakers will reconvene to debate solutions for the problems facing our…

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Legislative Energy “Reforms” Preserve Lawmakers’ Power

November 2, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

Over the past couple of weeks the House and Senate energy committees have begun drafting policy proposals to amend the energy regulatory structure. However, those proposals are premature as neither…

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The State Budget Process: Law vs. Reality

November 1, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

On November 1, state law requires that the annual budget process begins. Every step is spelled out, but for decades South Carolina lawmakers have simply ignored the laws that don’t…

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The “Legislative State:” How the General Assembly Controls South Carolina’s Government

October 25, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

Checks and balances are one of the strongest protections for individual liberty because they prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. Concentration of power and lack of…

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Six of the Lawmakers Investigating Utilities Also Oversee Utility Regulators

October 18, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

Shortly after Santee Cooper and SCANA abandoned their joint project to build two nuclear facilities, SC legislative leaders created special committees in the House and Senate to investigate the failed…

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What to Ask Your Lawmakers About the Energy Crisis

September 29, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

Earlier this week the House energy committee held a public hearing on the failed nuclear construction project and the accompanying rate hikes. However, if you were unable to attend the…

Legislation Analysis Research

University Enterprise Divisions: Vehicles for Dodging Accountability

September 27, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

A pair of bills filed last year would allow the creation of powerful mini-governments within public colleges and universities. These entities would function similarly to shell corporations by allowing universities…

Reform & Restructuring Research

Landess Interview: 75% of New Road Work Goes to Members of SC Alliance to Fix our Roads

September 22, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

SCPC President Ashley Landess was interviewed for a report aired on Columbia television station WIS investigating how contractors who are members of the gas-tax lobbying group, SC Alliance to Fix…

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Best & Worst of the General Assembly 2017

September 20, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

SOUTH CAROLINA’S ONLY COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF EVERY YEAR’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION Our guide to the 2017 legislative session – The Best and Worst of the General Assembly – has just been published. It’s the only…

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Bechtel Report Evidence of Government Failure

September 15, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

The House energy committee met today to discuss the contents of an audit of the failed nuclear construction project. This audit was conducted by Bechtel Corp., the largest engineering and…

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Santee Cooper: History, Crisis, and Accountability

August 30, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

When Santee Cooper partnered with SCANA to assume a 45% share in the assembly of two nuclear reactors, it borrowed billions of dollars to finance the project. Now that the…

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Lawmakers Shift Blame at Energy Committee Meetings

August 25, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

Earlier this week the Senate V.C. Summer Nuclear Project Review Committee and the House Utility Ratepayer Protection Committee met to discuss the failed nuclear reactor construction project. Both are special…

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SC Energy Crisis: Who is Accountable?

August 11, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

  The decision by Santee Cooper and SCANA  (the parent company of SCE&G) to abandon a multi-billion joint project to build two nuclear power facilities means that their customers were…

Publications

THE INSIDER – Quarterly Newsletter

August 7, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

Once a quarter, we update our supporters with news about projects, events, media attention, and – most important – our impact on policymaking in the Statehouse.

Publications Reform & Restructuring Research

Who Runs South Carolina State Government?

August 3, 2017 South Carolina Policy Council

POLITICIANS YOU DIDN’T VOTE FOR. THAT’S WHO. From education to road funding, from the judicial system to your electric bill, the important decisions are made by state lawmakers who represent…

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