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
Santee Cooper 2021: Will we learn from history…or repeat it?
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,
Remove the Blinders at EPA
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
Palmetto Playbook: Strategies to march South Carolina’s economy down the field
A bold set of over 60 innovative policy recommendations for South Carolina leaders.
Lawmakers call for new leadership at state-owned utility Santee Cooper
PPI’s economic analysis of Santee Cooper is quoted in this article by Vivian Jones of Center Square. (The Center Square) – Two Republican lawmakers are calling for new leadership at Santee Cooper in response to the state-owned utility’s recent issuance of $638 million in debt, announced late last month. Earlier this year, the General Assembly
2020 SC Election Results: What we know so far
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
Complete 2020 South Carolina Election Results
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
What to watch for on election night in South Carolina
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,