Georgia’s economy continues to add jobs at a slightly better pace than other states, though it is still not firing on all cylinders. Georgia grew jobs slightly faster than the nation as a whole over the past year, and some
Earlier this month, an Atlanta-based Libertarian organization released a paper touting the deep and lasting income tax cuts that Oklahoma enacted in the mid-2000s. To reach a conclusion that the cuts have been beneficial, the report employs faulty methods and
A special new legislative study committee is spending this summer considering whether Georgia should embrace some radical tax reforms next year. But based on its first meeting in Atlanta this month, the committee’s purpose seems to be more of an
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on health savings under Medicaid expansion; read full article here.
Expanding Medicaid eligibility to cover more uninsured adults beginning in 2014 would benefit Georgians from all walks of life, urban and rural, older and younger adults, and hundreds of thousands of workers without coverage. A new “HealthVoices” report from the
Although Georgia’s revenue growth trend is positive, the state still faces significant budget problems. First, some good news: According to a preliminary report of the Georgia Office of the Treasurer, revenue from all sources, including those collected by the Georgia
Georgia has slipped back more than three decades in its national ranking on a key measure of economic well-being, according to recent news reports. This trend should prompt some soul-searching among Georgia’s policymakers about the course they’ve set for the
Georgia would gain nearly $100 million in state and local tax revenue each year if Congress allows undocumented immigrants now living in the United States to work here legally, according to a new report from the Institute on Taxation and
Georgia just took the wraps off a new fiscal year July 1, which means a new twelve-month budget calendar for all state spending on education, health care and other essential services. Today the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is releasing
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide to understanding the state’s revenue collections and its spending plan. The publication contains basics to help a novice digest the budget’s complexities.
The Georgia Budget Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. It outlines Georgia’s budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems. This year we are taking special care to describe how federal funding contributes to Georgia’s budget.
Submit public comment on Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program extension by February 20th – just complete this easily fillable form:
