Month: October 2014

Georgians Set to Vote on Income Tax Straitjacket

Georgians will vote November 4th whether to permanently enshrine the state’s top income tax rate of 6 percent in the state’s constitution. The so-called “tax-cap” amendment sounds American as apple pie, right? No one looks forward to the day their

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New GBPI Survey: Students Still Feel Budget Cuts’ Sting

Here is a status report on the state of education in Georgia, from someone who knows: “Delayed instructional initiatives, depleted reserves, increased class sizes, frozen wages, deferred maintenance and negligible bus replacement. It doesn’t take great imagination to envision what

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Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet 2014

Schools across Georgia continue to scramble to meet students’ needs as they cope with years of deep cuts in state funding. A new Georgia Budget and Policy Institute survey of school systems finds districts raised class sizes and cut instructional

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Visionaries, Leaders Celebrated at GBPI Gala

GBPI saluted five remarkable Georgians at its 10th anniversary “Possibility Gala” dinner Oct. 2, 2014 in Atlanta. About 330 people, including lawmakers from both parties, rose often to deliver standing ovations for the honorees and for sentiments expressed by speakers

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VIDEO: How GBPI Shows Georgia What’s Possible

At the Capitol, at PTA meetings and at community meetings across the state, GBPI’s experts make the case for better access to education, health care and opportunity for all Georgians. Watch this three-minute video to see how we work to

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GBPI Has New Data on Federal Policy

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. 

Submit your comment on the Georgia Pathways to Coverage Program

Submit public comment on Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program extension by February 20th – just complete this easily fillable form: