The House Is On Fire: Where’s The Alarm?
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Indicators abound showing South Carolina’s failure to prepare many Palmetto State students for success.
Indicators abound showing South Carolina’s failure to prepare many Palmetto State students for success.
It seems America is having to learn the hard way about the economic law of scarcity and why it matters in the politics of healthcare.
More people on the rolls...and an ever-growing budget line item
We are glad to report that one of Palmetto Promise Institute's top priorities for the 2017-2018 legislative session is still in play.
While the unemployment rate is important, it does not paint a very full picture of the economy.
Palmetto Promise Institute reports from the State House where the 2017 legislative session came to a close this week.
One in nine South Carolina residents are served by the Palmetto State’s public pension plans. The woefully underfunded system was the topic of much debate in the General Assembly and at the end of April, Governor McMaster signed a bill raising contribution rates into the system for both employees and employers. Because taxpayers are the
Euphoria from the right over the ideological “wins” in the bill and blanket criticism from the left are both premature.
How can we be compassionately responsive to the needs of low-to-middle income South Carolinians in regards to housing affordability?
As legislators prepare to return to their districts, here’s what we are watching in the last week of session.