SC House Approves Government Restructuring

On Wednesday, the SC House approved sweeping government reforms designed to eliminate the Budget and Control Board, cut the size of state government, and make the state’s executive offices more […]

2013 South Carolina State of the State

  Each January, much like the president does at the Federal level, the governor of South Carolina addresses a joint session of the General Assembly to describe the state of […]

WHAT’S GOING ON: In the State Senate

The South Carolina Senate spent most of last week debating a bill to end the state Budget and Control Board and put its functions under a newly-created Department of Administration. […]

YOUR TURN: “Fiscal Fitness Matters” by Senator Phillip W. Shoopman

Last year, the voters in the Upstate and across the country spoke loudly that they wanted real reform and real conservative solutions to the spending habits and inefficient government practices […]