This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Education Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues State Revenues for the first seven months of
By now you have probably heard that Georgia owes a lot of money to the federal government, $736 million to be exact, for helping us pay state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. What hasn’t received enough attention, however, is how Georgia got
As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Plans to eliminate or drastically cut personal income taxes and replace them with other levies are in vogue in several states. Georgia policy makers would do well to ignore the siren’s call. Such a
This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Education Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues State Revenues for the first seven months of
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) recently released a report that destroys the myth that states without an income tax perform better economically than the states with high income tax rates. ITEP’s Executive Director Matthew Gardner is our
State Rep. Al Williams shares quotes from GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig’s presentation at the Budget Public Hearing (Feb. 6). Read Full Article.
GBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney is quoted on state health budgets. Read Full Article.
GBPI Policy Analyst Wesley Tharpe discusses The State of Working Georgia with Carl Thornton, Jr., host of Speaking With…™. Download the audio file. The interview begins at the 1 minute, 9 second mark.
Last Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues The January Revenue numbers have not been released as yet. The
If a car salesman told you that Fords are the highest ranked car, would you drive one off the lot without looking under the hood? A new report that ranks states on their “business tax climates” seems to hope you would. Put
The Georgia Department of Human Services has clarified that SNAP recipients can use their EBT card with any unspent SNAP benefits in November.
However, as DHS reported before, the November SNAP benefits will be suspended until federal funds are available.
If you are in need of food, you can find a local food bank here.
Submit public comment on Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program extension by February 20th – just complete this easily fillable form:
