The Strom Thurmond Institute has received a Notable State Document Award for 2004 from SC State Library for its publication Local Governments and Home Rule in South Carolina: a Citizen's Guide. Each year the State Library recognizes ten state governmental publications of outstanding merit and usefulness to the citizens of South Carolina. The booklet was written by Holley Hewitt Ulbrich and Ada Louise Steirer, who both have experience as local elected and appointed officials.

This is the second award for the Institute which received the same award in 2003 for Paying for Government in South Carolina: a Citizen's Guide. Dr. Ulbrich and Ms Steirer also produced this booklet. The two authors have recently completed a third publication called Financing Education in South Carolina: a Citizen's Guide.

The publications are written to inform citizens about state and local public policy issues and provide the information and tools they need to take action. They provide background information on the issues and close with a summary called "What Can a Citizen Do?"

The publications can be found on the Web at: Local Governments and Home Rule in South Carolina: a Citizen's Guide Paying for Government in South Carolina: a Citizen's Guide Financing Education in South Carolina: a Citizen's Guide

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Ada Lou Steirer, Strom Thurmond Institute and Jim Johnson, Director of the State Library.