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.
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
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,
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig believes Governor Deal’s 2013 budget maintains the status quo in Georgia and does not do much to boost the state’s overall economy. Essig is quoted in the full article.
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.
Posted by Clare S. Richie 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
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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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