SC CARES Grants Awarded

In September, $25 million of South Carolina’s CARES Act funding from the federal government was allocated to a grant program specifically for nonprofit organizations in the state who have been [...]

From our friends at the Arts Action Fund: Last night the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed a $2.3 trillion combined bill that includes the $900 billion [...]

The show must go on! Mark your calendars: February 15-19, 2021 is Arts Advocacy Week in South Carolina. This year, all advocacy activities will take place virtually due to COVID-19. The South [...]

A reported 71.76% of registered voters in South Carolina cast a ballot in this election. We hope that you were one of them! Here’s a breakdown of the 2020 General Election results Federal Level: [...]

What will SC’s House and Senate look like after the Election? There are just a few days left until Election day and the Arts Alliance has put together a comprehensive analysis of the State House [...]

Today (September 23), the Legislature adopted H.3210, the state’s CARES Act Phase 2 funding allocation. If you’ve been following our blog, you’ll know that while both the House and Senate [...]

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 [...]