The South Carolina Policy Council was established in 1986 as an independent, private, non-partisan research organization with a mission to promote the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty and responsibility in South Carolina.
It is no secret that South Carolina lags behind much of the nation in education. A recent ranking by the U.S. News & World Report put our school system a...
Giving citizens a clearer picture of where their tax dollars are going, and why As a research intern for the S.C. Policy Council, I attended many legislative...
Update 4/19/24: The Senate Finance subcommittee investigating the $1.8 billion issued an interim report on Tuesday. It recommends a forensic audit of the ban...
Update 4/5/24: Bills that passed or made progress this week are specified below. As we near the end of South Carolina’s 2024 legislative session, a critical...