Our weekly Top Five feature offers big stories or views from the past week with policy and legislative implications.
New political action committee to push Haley’s agenda, The Post and Courier, March 2, 2016
A newly formed political advocacy group will raise money to promote pro-Haley issues and candidates. The impact: If enough money is raised and recycled, it could cause some incumbents in the House and Senate to have serious challengers in the 2016 elections.
Beatty says he wants to be chief justice, The State, Feb. 26, 2016
S.C. Associate Justice Donald Beatty says it’s an honor to be nominated by President Obama for a federal judgeship — something in the works for a couple of years — but he admits he’s focused on being the next state Supreme Court Chief Justice. According to tradition, the senior associate generally is elected by lawmakers to become chief justice when there is a vacancy. While Beatty is senior associate justice, some in the GOP want a different candidate for the top spot on the high courts. More.
States need to invest in public infrastructure, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Feb. 23, 2016
CBPP Senior Fellow Elizabeth McNichol argues it is critical that states reverse underinvestment of past years in public infrastructure because failing to do so can hurt a state’s ability to function and grow. “Higher-quality and more efficient infrastructure will boost productivity in states that make the needed investments, lifting long-term economic growth and wages.”
NOAA to study Southern tornadoes, The Post and Courier, March 2, 2016
A team of scientists will look at weather patterns in the southern U.S. to try to create more warning for local residents in the case of a twister.
Group names southeastern habitat as ‘hot spot,’ The Post and Courier, Feb. 29, 2016
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund recently named the Northern Coastal Plain one of the world’s top biodiversity hot spots.
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