The Heartland Institute

The Senate’s response to fiscal Sanity? Delete. The Senate is wrapping up their budget debates…So far it is $100 million more than the House version. Here’s a quick look at how the Senate Finance Committee has purged some of the House budget’s best ideas. Stopping taxpayer-funded lobbying The Senate gutted a House proviso eliminating ...

- That question was asked at a recent meeting of the House Ways & Means Committee – and not a single lawmaker had an answer. Here are 10 things you should know about our state’s “Research Authority.” The South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) is a state-created and state-controlled technology and real estate company. It contracts ...

Government spending grew every year from 2002 to 2009. In 2010, the overall budget decreased by less than a half of 1 percent – not because lawmakers cut spending, but because revenues dropped. This year’s budget continues down the same path… South Carolina lawmakers are on track to pass the largest budget in state history ...

Legislators are almost finished with the state budget. Here’s a taste of what’s in it... We’re still on track to pass the largest budget in state history – $652 million more than last year Every part of this year’s budget is larger than last year’s – the General Fund is up by $238 million, Fines and Fees/Other Funds are ...

The S.C. Budget and Control Board recently announced a moratorium halting construction at four-year public institutions that raised tuition by 7 percent or more for the 2010-2011 school year. The moratorium applies only to institutions that raised tuition by 7 percent or more. This means it does not apply to the University of ...

While South Carolinians can take pride in our state’s higher educational system, costs and tuition have skyrocketed in recent years, even as graduation rates remain below 40 percent. At the same time, South Carolina’s leading universities have been drawn away from their core mission and increasingly become conduits for the Legislature ...