Testing: Our Responsibility to Know
How can we move forward as a state to support students, parents, and teachers if we don’t even know for sure how students are doing?
South Carolina Legislature convenes Tuesday; McMaster’s state of the state address Wednesday
PPI President and CEO Ellen Weaver is quoted in Center Square regarding PPI’s priorities for the 2021 legislative session. (The Center Square) – South Carolina lawmakers will return to Columbia on Tuesday to begin the 2021 legislative session, and more than 800 pieces of legislation already have been filed for the General Assembly to consider.
Fast Facts: A Review of South Carolina’s Judicial Selection Process
Read our new fast fact sheet to answer the following questions: How do we vet and elect our judges in South Carolina? How can we make sure our process in the Palmetto State prevents black-robed legislating?
An Education Freedom Agenda
Effective Education for Every Student These 19 recommendations are drawn from the Palmetto Promise Playbook report. You can view our policy agenda for other issues by clicking below. Energy | Healthcare | Tax & Budget | Work, Justice, & Quality of Life EXPAND EDUCATION CHOICE Adopt an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) law that will provide qualified
A Healthcare Freedom Agenda
Affordable, Quality Care for Patients These 16 recommendations are drawn from the Palmetto Promise Playbook report. You can view our policy agenda for other issues by clicking below. Education | Energy | Tax & Budget | Work, Justice, & Quality of Life REGULATORY REFORMS Eliminate Certificates of Need (CON) to increase
An Energy Freedom Agenda
Competition to Lower Costs for Consumers These 6 recommendations are drawn from the Palmetto Promise Playbook report. You can view our policy agenda for other issues by clicking below. Education | Healthcare | Work, Justice, & Quality of Life | Tax & Budget FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT RATEPAYERS Sell the State-Owned
A Tax & Budget Agenda
Tax Low + Spend Smart = Jobs & Growth These recommendations are drawn from the Palmetto Promise Playbook report. You can view our policy agenda for other issues by clicking below. Education | Energy | Healthcare | Work, Justice, & Quality of Life TAX REFORM & FAIRNESS Implement the findings of the comprehensive analysis conducted
A Work, Justice, and Quality of Life Agenda
These 16 recommendations are drawn from the Palmetto Promise Playbook report.
A 2021 Freedom Agenda for South Carolina
Last week, we asked our email subscribers to rank their priorities for South Carolina in 2021…and the response was overwhelming! It was a dead heat for first place, but cutting our highest-in-the-Southeast income tax rate was the winner by a nose, closely followed by expanding education choice and lowering health care costs. With Christmas coming up next week, we are
Letter: Some lawmakers want to gamble on Santee Cooper with other people’s money
S.C. Representative Bobby Cox cites a PPI study on Santee Cooper in this letter to the editor published in The Greenville News. Here in the Upstate we haven’t been affected overtly by the state agency’s failed nuclear project known as Santee Cooper. Yet our Lowcountry neighbors are paying crushing power bills as a result and