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		<title>Plan to Cut Medicaid Will Cost Georgia</title>
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Posted by Timothy Sweeney

Georgia would lose billions of dollars and thousands of children, seniors and modest-income workers could lose access to needed health care under a plan to radically alter Medicaid that was recently passed by the U.S. House. If the House plan developed by Congressman&#8230; <a href="http://gbpi.org/plan-to-cut-medicaid-will-cost-georgia" class="read_more">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2012 &#8211; Tax Bills Have High Short-Term Cost; Comprehensive Reform Still Needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[State leaders have already cut nearly $2 billion in spending since before the recession, a truly massive blow to the state’s economic health and Governor Deal has signed four bills into law that will create an approximately $85 million shortfall in the next two fiscal years. Although some of the policy&#8230; <a href="http://gbpi.org/adding-up-the-fiscal-notes-2012-tax-bills-have-high-short-term-cost-comprehensive-reform-still-needed" class="read_more">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://gbpi.org/adding-up-the-fiscal-notes-2012-tax-bills-have-high-short-term-cost-comprehensive-reform-still-needed</link>
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		<title>HOPE Awards and HOPE Dollars, Distribution of Hope Benefits by Institution and Household Income</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Examining HOPE awards across household incomes, by institution, and factoring in tuition costs provides a telling picture of the distribution of HOPE dollars. 
The majority of HOPE awards go to students from households with incomes of $100,000 or less. However, a disproportionate share of HOPE dollars fund scholarships for students&#8230; <a href="http://gbpi.org/hope-awards-and-hope-dollars-distribution-of-hope-benefits-by-institution-and-household-income" class="read_more">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://gbpi.org/hope-awards-and-hope-dollars-distribution-of-hope-benefits-by-institution-and-household-income</link>
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		<title>Gov. Deal signs $19.3 billion state budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on FY2013 state budget.  Click <a href="http://www.whiotv.com/news/ap/education/gov-deal-signs-192-billion-budget/nNyKk/">here</a> for full article.
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		<link>http://gbpi.org/gov-deal-signs-19-3-billion-state-budget</link>
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		<title>Governor signs $19.3 billion state budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig believes Governor Deal&#8217;s 2013 budget maintains the status quo in Georgia and does not do much to boost  the state&#8217;s overall economy.  Essig is quoted in the full <a href="http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2012-05-07/governor-signs-193-billion-state-budget">article.</a>    
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		<link>http://gbpi.org/governor-signs-19-3-billion-state-budget</link>
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		<title>Deals signs 2013 budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig comments on Governor Deal&#8217;s decision to veto expenses for two capital projects in the fiscal 2013 state budget.  Read full article <a href="http://www.gpb.org/news/2012/05/07/deal-signs-2013-budget">here.</a>
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		<link>http://gbpi.org/deals-sings-2013-budget</link>
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		<title>Lawmakers throw around bonds for pet projects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig discusses bonds and special projects and how politics influence which pets projects receive funding.  Essig calls bonds &#8220;the way they reward folks” in the Legislature.  Read full article <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/lawmakers-throw-around-bonds-1431998.html">here.</a>
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		<link>http://gbpi.org/lawmakers-throw-around-bonds-for-pet-projects</link>
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		<title>Food Assistance for Georgians under Attack in Congress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to pass deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – previously known as food stamps. 
Every Georgia family that participates in SNAP would see their food assistance eliminated or cut.  Children, seniors, and people with disabilities would be among the&#8230; <a href="http://gbpi.org/food-assistance-for-georgians-under-attack-in-congress" class="read_more">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://gbpi.org/food-assistance-for-georgians-under-attack-in-congress</link>
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		<title>Baxter Deal is a Drop in the Bucket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Governor Deal announced a seemingly major development on Georgia’s job front:  Baxter International, a large biomedical company, has agreed to open a new facility here that will create 1,500 jobs over the next ten years. In exchange for the investment, Georgia’s taxpayers will provide the company with <a&#8230; <a href="http://gbpi.org/baxter-deal-is-a-drop-in-the-bucket" class="read_more">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://gbpi.org/baxter-deal-is-a-drop-in-the-bucket</link>
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		<title>Incentives for Baxter plant will be more than $200 million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 <a href="http://www.ajc.com/business/total-incentives-for-baxter-1427320.html">here.</a>
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