House Bill 1437, signed into law by Gov. Kemp after a final version emerged during the last hours of Sine Die 2022, sets Georgia on course to make fundamental changes to its income tax that primarily benefit the
Amid the high cost of food and a baby formula shortage pushing up prices for a critical source of infant nutrition, the Kemp Administration has declined to extend the Pandemic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (P-SNAP). The pandemic created significant hardship
Key Takeaways While March 2022 marked record low unemployment in Georgia at 3.1 percent, underlying inequities persist, as the 2-to-1 unemployment gap among Black and white workers returned in the first quarter of 2022. Unemployment among Black Georgians and white
Crystal Muñoz, Immigration Policy Analyst, also contributed to the comments. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) believes that there should be no test to determine if a person has or is likely to become a public charge, or “primarily
Key Takeaways: Between the start of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement in March 2020 and December 2021 (the most recent enrollment data available at the time of analysis), total enrollment in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Georgia
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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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