Update: SC CARES Funding for the Arts

If you need a refresher on what happened before this update, click here. CARES Phase II Both the House and Senate have adopted their versions of H.3210, CARES Act Phase 2 funding, with a few [...]

Hello Advocates! The legislature returned to Columbia for some days this week and will resume once more next week. Here are three note-worthy topics from this week: Cares Act Phase 2 On Tuesday, [...]

Over the last few weeks, House Ways & Means and Senate Finance committees, and subcommittees, have been meeting to develop initial plans for two items: the state’s budget and the remaining [...]

Adopted on September 2, the COVID Public Education Committee, a special review committee of the SC House Public Works and Education Committee, completed its work in making recommendations to the [...]

A lot has been going on in the legislative / advocacy world. We want to get you all caught up, so we’re hosting a virtual legislative update before the Legislature gets back to Columbia for [...]

2020 has brought about a lot of “new” things for everyone. One positive though is the start of our Graduate Fellowship! We began this program in January this year, and have continued it for the [...]

2020 has brought about a lot of “new” things for everyone. One positive though is the start of our Graduate Fellowship! We began this program in January this year, and have continued [...]

Today (July 29), Governor Henry McMaster lifted the last restrictions on business closures under COVID-19. This list of businesses includes, among others, amphitheaters, concert venues, theaters [...]

Effective August 3 We will issue another update on this by the end of the week. Today (July 29), Governor Henry McMaster lifted the last restrictions on business closures under COVID-19. This [...]

JULY 28 Federal advocacy continues to be a continuously active front for the SCAA. Here’s a quick update on recent developments. HEALS Act The Senate GOP released their $1 trillion stimulus [...]