Press Release from the office of Senator Chip Campsen FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 17, 2019 Contact: Reagan Kelley ReaganKelley@scsenate.gov 803-212-6332 COLUMBIA, SC — Senator Chip Campsen (R-Beaufort, Charleston, and Colleton Counties) today in a press conference announced the introduction of a budget proviso preventing the industrialization of South Carolina’s coast…
Opponents of Offshore Drilling: Join us at the State House at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow
Come show your support for new Senate action to stop onshore infrastructure related to offshore drilling. Senators Chip Campsen, Governor Henry McMaster, Attorney General Alan Wilson and other legislative leaders will hold a press conference tomorrow in Columbia to announce the latest effort to stop drilling for oil off the…
Newsletter: Tax Reform, Offshore Oil, Securitization, Town Halls
Newsletter April 15, 2019 Opinion: Trump’s tax reform didn’t help small business “Hard reality: There was never a crisis holding corporations back from growing our economy that warranted this enormous tax cut. However, there was and is a serious business crisis in the country. Small-business start-ups traditionally account for most…
Opinion: Trump’s tax reform didn’t help small business
Waco Tribune-Herald 4-10-19 The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) 4-14-19 The Iowa Gazette 4-14-19 InsideSources 4-15-19 Jacksonville Journal Courier 4-16-19 Northwest Indiana Times 4-16-19 The Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer 4-16-19 The Palm Beach Post 4-17-19 Columbia Regional Business Report 4-22-19 By Frank Knapp Jr. While every April 15 is an important day for…
Plan could save SCE&G customers $1 billion after VC Summer. Dominion is fighting it
The State April 15, 2019 By Avery G. Wilks SCE&G customers could save up to $1 billion on their power bills over the next 20 years — that is, if the S.C. General Assembly approves a different way to pay off the utility’s debt from the failed V.C. Summer nuclear…
Editorial: Stop offshore oil any way we can Top of Form
Post and Courier April 14, 2019 Two offshore oil-related bills in the state House of Representatives seem to be stuck until next year. In an ideal world, the issue would be moot by then. Indeed, any debate ought to have ended some time ago. One bill, sponsored by Republican Rep.…
Report: Santee Cooper failing to promote, expand solar power
The State April 13, 2019 BY SAMMY FRETWELL Santee Cooper, the embattled, state-owned power company, is being criticized for what a clean energy group says is a failure to promote and expand solar power, a nonpolluting energy source touted as a way to help customers keep their monthly electric bills…
Entrepreneurs, here’s how to lower your small business taxes
USA TODAY April 10, 2019 By Rhonda Abrams My CPA emailed me Friday night, letting me know the taxes I’ll have to pay on my small business income. Gulp—those number are high! (Note to CPAs—wait til Monday to clobber small business clients with bad news, let us enjoy our weekends.)…
Despite bipartisan uproar over offshore drilling, coastal Republicans back Trump Interior pick
Think Progress April 11, 2019 By E.A. Crunden The Senate easily confirmed former oil lobbyist David Bernhardt to serve as secretary of the Interior Department (DOI) on Thursday, even as coastal senators failed to obtain a guarantee from the official on offshore drilling, which is opposed by every East and…
Small-business owners lukewarm — or worse — on new tax la
MultiBriefs April 12, 2019 By Seth Sandronsky At best, some owners of small firms are lukewarm about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) that Congress passed and President Trump signed. We turn to an April 10 public opinion poll from Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform. Among 501…