Legislative Audit Council will look at South Carolina’s Certificate of Need law
PPI Senior Fellow Oran Smith is interviewed in this article on the upcoming audit of South Carolina's CON law.
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How State Think Tanks Fought Covid with Health Care Reform
PPI is commended for our work on scope of practice law reform in this article by Philanthropy Roundtable.
Coalition Warns Against Broadband Proposals
PPI President & CEO Ellen Weaver signed on to this letter, along with policy leaders from across the nation, to urge U.S. Senators to oppose increased government control and regulation of broadband in the BRIDGE Act
Artis Ware Center to focus on education choice policies
PPI's new Artis Ware Center with Senator Tim Scott is highlighted in this article from The Center Square.
Gov. McMaster signs business liability protection measure into law
PPI's policy content manager Lawson Mansell is quoted in this article from The Center Square.
RELEASE: Palmetto Promise Institute Launches New Education Policy Center Honoring U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s Grandfather
Palmetto Promise Institute is excited to partner with U.S. Senator Tim Scott in announcing The Artis Ware Center for Education Opportunity, named to honor the inspiring legacy of Senator Scott’s grandfather.
Op-Ed: After COVID – 3 things that states can do now to fix health care
PPI visiting fellow Dr. Marcelo Hochman coauthored this op-ed in USA Today to discuss healthcare reform and repealing CON laws. Policymakers talk about comprehensive health care reform. They see a broken system and want to fix everything at once. Emergency room workers can relate, but they take a more strategic approach when patients arrive with multiple
South Carolina special session on tap to spend $5B
PPI senior fellow Oran Smith is quoted in this Center Square article on the South Carolina state budget. (The Center Square) – The South Carolina General Assembly adjourned its 2021 regular session last month but lawmakers will return to Columbia on June 8 for a special session to allocate as much as $5 billion in
Op-Ed: Not so happy Tax Day for Palmetto State residents
South Carolina is among the nation’s top magnets for new residents in recent years because the Palmetto State is a great place to live. Yet South Carolina’s outdated tax code holds the state back in the national and global competition for new business, jobs, investment and people.
Commentary: Education scholarship accounts would give SC parents better options
Alison Heape is an elementary music teacher in Greenville County public schools and an incoming doctoral fellow in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas. You can follow her @AlisonHeape on Twitter.