GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed on the “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” is featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; read full article here.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed on the no-tax pledge in Georgia.
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Senior Policy Analyst Clare Richie is quoted in this article on the cuts in unemployment benefits in Georgia and whether or not these cuts produce the projected savings.  Read full article here.

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on Governor Deal’s decision to halt the plan to increase the state gas tax; Essig  says the decision does not make “budgetary or economic sense.”  Read full article here.

GBPI Education Analyst Cedric Johnson is quoted on REACH scholarships and how it can create an uneven playing field among students.  Read full article here.

GBPI Education Analyst Cedric Johnson is quoted on the REACH scholarship program and how it may create an uneven playing field for students.  Read full article here.

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.

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.

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. 

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig’s Op-ed on the 2012 Legislative session.Read the Essay.