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Gov. Deal signs $19.3 billion state budget

May 9, 2012

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on FY2013 state budget.  Click here for full article.

Governor signs $19.3 billion state budget

May 9, 2012

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig believes Governor Deal’s 2013 budget maintains the status quo in Georgia and does not do much to boost  the state’s overall economy.  Essig is quoted in the full article.   

Deals signs 2013 budget

May 8, 2012

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig comments on Governor Deal’s decision to veto expenses for two capital projects in the fiscal 2013 state budget.  Read full article here.

Lawmakers throw around bonds for pet projects

May 7, 2012

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig discusses bonds and special projects and how politics influence which pets projects receive funding.  Essig calls bonds “the way they reward folks” in the Legislature.  Read full article here.

Incentives for Baxter plant will be more than $200 million

April 27, 2012

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on Baxter plant incentives issue and whether or not it is beneficial to the state.  Read full article here.

Progress being made in closing funding gap in state benefits program

April 25, 2012

GBPI Director of Healthy Policy Tim Sweeney discusses $63 million funding gap for health insurance plans for state workers and retirees.  Tim is quoted in the full article. 

Local group calls for senior tax exemption

April 19, 2012

Former Superintendent Stan DeJarnett sought input from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute in 2008  prior to making a decision on the senior tax exemption in Morgan County.  Read full article here.

Ga.’s unemployment rate down 8 straight months

April 19, 2012

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig discusses Georgia’s unemployment rate with Associated Press Reporter Errin Haines. Read the full article here, here, or here.

Lawmakers: Tax reform bill to have most impact

April 18, 2012

Data from GBPI’s House Bill 386 analysis is used by Tom Spigolon of NeighborNewspapers.com to discuss tax reform in Georgia. Read the full article.

Those Paying the Most Into HOPE Get Back the Least

April 16, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATLANTA  – Households in counties with the lowest median incomes receive a smaller share of HOPE college assistance than households in counties with the highest median incomes, even though they contribute more to Lottery proceeds that fund the program, according to a report released today by the… [Read more]