SC Legislature: Think Tanks Weigh In
REFORM AGENDAS ADVANCED … || By FITSNEWS || Two think tanks are weighing in on the upcoming session of the S.C. General Assembly … hoping to...
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Inside SC’s Shrinking Workforce
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EVERYBODY’S HURTING … By FITSNEWS || South Carolina’s plummeting labor participation rate doesn’t care if you’re black or white … or male or female. According...
Jim DeMint Group: Unionization Hurts SC Workers
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PALMETTO POLICY FORUM ISSUES STUDY ON UNION WAGES Remember U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint’s South Carolina-based think tank? Yeah … neither do we. The Palmetto Policy...
Palmetto Policy Forum Releases Common Core Report
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Today, Palmetto Policy Forum released a new report titled How Common Core Went Wrong: Bringing Common Sense to Education Standards in South...
Tim Scott To Address Policy Summit
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Today, Palmetto Policy Forum, South Carolina’s new policy “action engine,” announced a robust line-up of top South Carolina and national policy experts who...
South Carolina Loses Ground On “Nation’s Report Card”
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It is not a “great day in South Carolina” on yet another key academic measurement … Results of the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress...
New Group Pushing SC Education Reforms
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There’s a “sheriff” in North Carolina. Who works for a “colonel” in Oklahoma. Who works for a billionaire in Oregon. These are the leaders of...
Palmetto Policy Forum Aims To “Empower Students”
COLUMBIA, S.C. –South Carolina’s new policy action-engine, Palmetto Policy Forum, completed a statewide media tour today, launching a first-of-its-kind online education resource catalogue designed to equip...
Palmetto Policy Forum Releases #unAffordableCareAct Report
COLUMBIA – Today, Palmetto Policy Forum released the report, The #unAffordableCareAct: Why Medicaid Expansion is Bad Medicine for South Carolina. State Senator Larry Grooms (R-Berkeley) was on...
PPF: Poll Reveals Voter Concerns Over Medicaid Expansion
COLUMBIA – A statewide survey of South Carolina voters commissioned by Palmetto Policy Forum and conducted by Magellan Strategies reveals a divided and doubtful electorate on the issue of expanding...