BRACK: State budget shows lawmakers’ values
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | There’s a lot that goes on in a legislative session: Thousands of bills are filed. Hundreds of news stories are written about those bills. Scores of...
View Article10/4, full issue: Census impact on funding; Biden’s poll position; More
INSIDE ISSUE 18.40 | OCT. 4, 2019 BIG STORY: 2020 Census could bring budget hits to most S.C. counties, RFA reports NEWS BRIEFS: Report, new committee look at funding changes for public ed COMMENTARY,...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: Report, new committee look at funding changes for public ed
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | Can South Carolina improve education by altering how it provides state dollars for local public education? That’s the question that has prompted a study...
View Article11/15, full issue: Education reform, Spending $1.8 billion; Investing in kids
INSIDE ISSUE 18.46 | Nov. 15, 2019 BIG STORY: Education overhaul to hit Senate floor early in 2020 NEWS BRIEFS: S.C. still awaits approval of Medicaid work requirements; more COMMENTARY, Brack: Put...
View ArticleMY TURN: Investing in prevention is investing in S.C.’s future
By Joy Campbell, special to Statehouse Report | In fiscal year 2020-21, the state of South Carolina expects to have a $2 billion surplus and our policymakers face political challenges in determining...
View ArticleBIG STORY: Education overhaul to hit Senate floor early in 2020
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | The state’s first major education bill in decades is getting closer to the Senate floor, teeing it up for debate prior to the General Assembly’s slog as...
View ArticleBRACK: Get these five things right in 2020
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The 2020 legislative season will be upon us before we know it. If it is typical, campaign-year bluster will fill rooms as lawmakers clamor for the spotlight to...
View ArticleBRACK: State gets failing grade in progress agenda for all
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | A score of two out of 11 isn’t a passing grade, especially if you’ve had 11 years to get the job done. In January 2009, we outlined 11 broad policy goals to...
View ArticleBIG STORY: Top stories of 2019 tee up 2020 issues
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | For the coming 2020 legislative session, the past may prove to be prologue. Here are some of 2019’s stories that will likely play out beginning Jan. 14,...
View Article1/31, full issue: On education, broadband, truth, justice, scamsters
INSIDE ISSUE 19.05 | Jan. 31, 2020 BIG STORY: Senate could look at ‘school choice’ in education debate NEWS BRIEFS: Lawmaker says S.C.’s towns can solve broadband issue COMMENTARY, Brack: Let’s build...
View ArticleBIG STORY: Senate could look at ‘school choice’ in education debate
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | The S.C. Senate is expected to continue a debate on an omnibus education package next week, entering into floor challenges on school starting time and...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: Clock ticks at Statehouse, 4K enrollment, more
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | The clock is ticking down: There are three legislative days left in the House before the start of budget deliberations and six legislative days left in...
View ArticleNEW for 3/6: On climate change and Santee Cooper; $11 per student; Keep calm...
INSIDE ISSUE 19.10 | March 6, 2020 BIG STORY: “Climate doesn’t care” who owns Santee Cooper, expert says NEWS BRIEFS: House budgets $11 more per student for education COMMENTARY, Brack: Keep calm...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: House budgets $11 more per student for education
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | A draft of the state budget shorts public K-12 students nearly $600 each in a year of a record surplus and revenues. The House will begin budget...
View ArticleVIGNETTES: How to make S.C. more resilient
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | As South Carolina charts a path out of the pandemic, here are some ideas on health care, education, affordable housing and more from conversations with...
View ArticleNEW: Digital divide among chief concerns before fall semester
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent, May 14, 2020 | South Carolina’s crash course in virtual learning for K-12 students has left some of them further behind academically, according to state...
View ArticleNEW for 5/15: Digital divide’s impact; Absentee voting; Good news; Anti-racism
ISSUE 19.20 | MAY 15, 2020 Click the link to read this week's packed full issue of politics, policy and commentary in one swoop. Inside this issue: BIG STORY: Digital divide among chief concerns...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: Poll suggests teacher resignations could come in fall
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | It’s likely too soon to say whether more South Carolina’s teachers will leave the classroom, balking at in-person classes after the coronavirus pandemic,...
View ArticleNEW for 7/10: Controlling virus is key; Innovation and an October surprise
INSIDE ISSUE 19.28 | July 10, 2020 BIG STORY: Curbing virus is key to reopening schools, saving economy, experts say NEWS BRIEFS: Birth control access extended under Medicaid COMMENTARY, Brack: Beware...
View ArticleBRACK: Don’t use pandemic, schools for Foghorn-Leghorning
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | There’s been a lot of huffing, puffing and bantam-roostering of late by Gov. Henry McMaster and Republican legislative leaders about when schools should reopen....
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