Blog Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Crossover Day 2020 March 25, 2020 / April 11, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Each year, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute analyzes tax legislation considered by the General Assembly and tallies estimated costs and revenues in our two-part Adding Up the Fiscal Notes series. This analysis is a snapshot of the legislative state of affairs as of March 26, 2020. Watch for the second part of the series […] Read more » Adding Up the Fiscal Notes Budget & Taxes State Taxes tax breaks
Coronavirus GBPI In The News Worker Justice Atlanta’s Low-Wage Workers: Most at Risk, First to be Cut in Crisis March 25, 2020 / June 23, 2020 by Caitlin Highland As virus-linked actions slam the brakes on the metro Atlanta economy, the first to be hurt are the workers who are already in the most precarious positions, earning low wages and living paycheck to paycheck. Restaurants are going to “take out only” — or closing altogether — and many of those people see their jobs cut. “The […] Read more » coronavirus COVID-19 Unemployment
Coronavirus GBPI In The News Worker Justice The Coronavirus’s Harsher Reality for the Most Vulnerable March 25, 2020 / May 19, 2020 by Caitlin Highland The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is creating new burdens and exacerbating existing ones for Americans at the economic margins. Government has the obligation and the opportunity to ease those burdens. A major problem of the nature of work in America: Far too many people are unemployed or underemployed, and don’t have access to benefits like paid […] Read more » coronavirus COVID-19 Education medicaid
GBPI In The News Ga. department of labor weighing changes to state’s unemployment insurance March 25, 2020 / June 23, 2020 by Caitlin Highland […]A non-partisan group in Georgia is recommending big changes to state leaders that put more money in the pockets of unemployed people for longer. The state is seeing unemployment claims jump as emergency orders shut down many businesses across the state. The Governor and Department of Labor commissioner already made changes for people who are temporarily laid […] Read more » Alex Camardelle COVID-19 Jobs Unemployment Insurance
