Under the General Assembly’s plan to repay the $746.8 million federal loan Georgia borrowed to meet its unemployment insurance obligations during the recession, laid-off Georgians will lose their state unemployment benefits faster, while employers will receive a permanent cut in their
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.
Senior Policy Analyst Clare Ritchie is quoted in this article on the new Georgia unemployment law and whether or not the projected savings are accurate. Read full article here.
Senior Policy Analyst Clare Ritchie is quoted in this article about the new unemployment law in Georgia and whether or not the projected savings are, in fact, accurate. Read full article here.
GBPI Director of Health Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on Medicaid’s $300 million shortfall; says Sweeney, “It’s evidence that the state budget is not adequate now to fund our current programs.” Read full article here.
Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted in this article on state revenues; 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 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.
Posted by Alan Essig Although revenue has increased 5.1 percent over the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, the revenue growth is inadequate to increase funds to the Revenue Shortfall Reserve (RSR) or fully fund the Education Mid-Year
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