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
You may have heard of the troubles of Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state-owned utility. But, how much do you remember since the V.C. Summer meltdown (2017)? Why should you care in 2021? Here’s the lay of the land in just ten questions: 1. Who owns Santee Cooper? Who approves electricity rate increases? Answer: Santee Cooper,
One of the pillars of the Palmetto Promise Institute Freedom Agenda is Energy. We know that for free enterprise to flourish and jobs to be created, business and industry must have access to the most affordable energy available. This is particularly important in South Carolina, where utility bills are the highest in the country. Our
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Returns remain incomplete as of this writing, but all signs appear to point to a strong 2020 General Election for Republicans in South Carolina. Click here to view full election results. FEDERAL OFFICES For the United States Senate, after $200 million spent combined, Senator Lindsey Graham kept his seat, remarkably within a point or so
South Carolina voters went to the polls on Tuesday to select hundreds of candidates for national, statewide and local seats. We’ve compiled a complete list of election results for all statewide and local offices, plus the President & Vice President results for South Carolina. We’ll update as returns roll in. Read our election analysis from
The seemingly endless 2020 national election season comes to an end tomorrow night…or one day this week. Perhaps to be safe we should say “at some point after tomorrow.” At least we should learn the winners of the Palmetto State campaigns for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, SC Senate, SC House and many local offices tomorrow,
The South Carolina General Assembly completed a two-week legislative session a couple of weeks ago. The special session was an attempt to wrap up as much legislative business as possible before the end of the calendar year to make up for lost session days due to the COVID-19 outbreak. All legislation that has failed to pass
“SAFE Grants have created the opportunity for our family and families like ours to truly have school choice, give our children the chance to succeed and give us the ability to fully support their learning needs.” Columbia, SC “I have three children. My oldest is 23. She chose to commission into the army and she’s
Download this report MEMORANDUM TO: State Leaders FROM: Kathleen Grace, PhD, Clemson Economics Associates DATE : September 24, 2020 SUBJECT: Independent Financial Analysis of Santee Cooper By way of introduction, I am Kathleen Grace, PhD. I earned my B.A. in Economics and Finance from Wofford College in 2006 and my PhD in Quantitative Economics from Clemson University
