FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA (January 17, 2012) – On Friday, Jan. 20, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute will host its 2012 policy conference, Creating the Environment for Growth: Solutions that Move Georgia Forward at the Loudermillk Center in Atlanta, GA.
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted by Greg Bluestein of the Associated Press. Read full article.
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig weighs in Governor Deal’s proposal for business tax breaks. Read full article.
GBPI Policy Analyst Cedric Johnson is quoted on the HOPE shortfall. Read full article.
I’m very excited about visiting the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute next week and just wanted to quickly highlight the things I hope to talk about. I plan to start with some of the usual stuff: what’s up, what’s down
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted by Jeanne Bonner of GPB News on the Governor’s Budget Report FY 2013. Read full article.
For the first time in several years there are no dramatic cuts in the governor’s proposed budget, although there still are some cuts. We appear to have hit the bottom and have begun the process to, at least, stabilize the
By essentially any measure, Georgia is a low-tax, low-regulation, business-friendly state. So, why does Georgia’s business tax climate rank 34th in the nation in the Tax Foundation’s latest report? The Tax Foundation’s business climate rankings are not a meaningful measure
For Immediate Release ATLANTA (January 10, 2012) – According to the new report, CAPCO: a Bad Investment for Georgia, released today by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI), dismissing CAPCO is a necessary first step toward developing reasonable “venture
Many Georgia policymakers and business leaders contend the state has a shortage of venture capital, a form of business financing that helps fund early stage companies. To remedy this problem, some Georgia leaders are considering CAPCO legislation, an expensive tax
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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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