GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted by Errin Haines (Associated Press) on economic recovery and Georgia’s unemployment rate. Read the news article.
Georgia is investing tens of millions of dollars in business tax incentives and subsidies without any idea as to the impact on jobs. In tight budget times, it’s imperative that all state expenditures whether through the state budget or through
Job one for the governor and legislature is making sure Georgia takes every step possible to help create jobs and build a strong economy. Doing that requires investment in education, transportation, public safety, and other necessities. So last Friday it
features the release of GBPI Policy Analyst Cedric Johnson’s new report, Making a Case for Need-based Financial Aid in Georgia. View the news article.
By 2020 an estimated 61 percent of all jobs in the state will require a career certificate or college degree; however, only 34 percent of adults in Georgia have an associate degree or higher. This creates a sizable skills gap
GBPI releases new report, Making a Case for Need-based Financial Aid in Georgia. Download Press Release
GBPI Director Alan Essig and Policy Analyst Wesley Tharpe are quoted in the Saporta Report on the challenges facing Georgia’s economic development. Read the article.
Paying for college has often been a deal-breaker for many individuals desiring to pursue a post-secondary education. Georgia has long looked to its prized HOPE program as a resource for helping Georgia students finance a college education. While HOPE has
On December 31st, everyone will gather together to welcome in the New Year. Yet thousands of jobless Georgians worry today if Congress will pull the rug out from under them and their families in 2012. In January 2012, nearly 70,000
The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute works to advance lasting solutions that expand economic opportunity and well-being for all Georgians.
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GBPI is committed to tracking how the state of Georgia raises and spends fiscal resources. As the federal government has promised and provided some of these, cuts to programs and funding on the federal level could have deep and lasting impacts on Georgians and on the state’s ability to meet the needs of all its residents.
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