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POLICY
BOOKS
Environment
Getting
Greener
Our 2007 book on
environmental policy outlines how the South's state and local
governments can benefit from new ideas. The effort has been
endorsed by newspapers, college presidents and a state branch
of the Christian Coalition.
Tax Reform
Doing
Better
Our 2006
book of ideas offered by the Center for a Better South, we
argue it is incumbent for lawmakers across the South to revisit
their state tax codes in a holistic manner to bring our tax
systems into the 21st century.
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Watch our new video today to learn more about
the Center
SUMMER
2008 -- You can learn more about the Center for a Better South,
its mission, its past projects and its future projects by watching
this new video. Let us know what you think.
Give
today to help the Center
We
encourage you to give to the Center today
to help us continue our work. Thank you.
A
look at our next project -- Better Elections
From
literacy tests and poll taxes to pregnant chads and the drawing
of congressional districts, the battle to limit or expand participation
has been a continuing contest within the context of Southern elections.
Better
Elections: Improving political participation in the American South,
a new book of policy ideas from the Center for a Better South, will
examine modern challenges to participation in elections in the South
and offer recommendations for improving access to the ballot box
and the political arena.
The
book, written by Charleston School of Law Professor John L.S. Simpkins,
is scheduled for publication in November 2008- - just after
the presidential and congressional elections. Learn
more.
Center
awards summer 2008 internship
JULY
24, 2008 --The Center for a Better South has awarded a paid summer
research
internship to Charleston Southern University student J. Robert
Borchik of Rock Hill, S.C.
Borchik,
a 2005 graduate of Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C.,
providing statistical and media research for new projects under
development by the Center. Currently a senior at Charleston Southern
University, Borchik is majoring in political science and communications.
In Rock Hill and Charleston, he has worked in several churches and
ministries as a worship leader and youth volunteer.
Center
receives approval of tax-exempt status
DEC.
17, 2007 -- The Center for a Better South today received formal
notice that its application for federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service. Donations
to the Center now are tax-deductible. Since its inception in
February 2005, the Center for a Better South has operated as a non-profit,
non-partisan organization. [See
a copy of the approval letter.]
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