Stay in the State House loop with social media reports

During the 2018 legislative session, officials in cities and towns can keep up with State House activities by following the Municipal Association's legislative team members who are live daily on Twitter. They are keeping local officials updated on what's happening in committee meetings, in the lobby, and in the House and Senate chambers.

This week, Scott Slatton (@ScottMuniSC) shared a series of tweets live from a House Education and Public Works committee meeting where members voted out the utility relocation bill. 

In a House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee, Scott tweeted a shout-out to Rep. Gary Clary (@garyclarysc) who said that municipal courts should be included in the state's unified court system when it comes to indigent defense. Scott also reported on Tiger Wells (@TigerMuniSC) testifying before House subcommittee.

 

 

Melissa Carter (@MelissaMuniSC) shared Rep. Mandy Powers-Norell's (@MPowersNorrell) tweet about the importance of local government control related to the plastic bag ban bill.

Last week, the legislative team and lots of local officials' Twitter posts included live reports from sessions at Hometown Legislative Action Day and the Municipal Elected Officials Institute advocacy class.

Councilmember Jenn Hulehan (@Jenn4ward3) from Simpsonville kept her constituents on top of everything she learned with tweets from a State House tour and other HLAD sessions.  

One of the take-aways from the MEO Institute advocacy class

Melissa Carter retweeted Sen. Mike Fanning (@FanningforSenate) photos of visits he had with local officials in his district during HLAD.

 

Cayce Mayor Elise Partin (@elisepartin), president of the Municipal Association, made sure to keep her constituents stayed informed about what was happening during Hometown Legislative Action Day with lots of retweets from panel sessions, the MEO Institute graduation and Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers' (@HughWeathers) lunch speech.

Each week, the Association's legislative report, From the Dome to Your Dome, is shared frequently through the Association's and the lobbyists' Twitter accounts. With more than 5,000 followers between these four accounts, local officials, legislators, reporters, hometown residents, business leaders and partner organizations all over the state have the benefit of staying on top of issues important to cities and towns.

 Want to stay in the loop? Make sure to follow @MuniAssnSC, @TigerMuniSC, @MelissaMuniSC and @ScottMuniSC.