Bill Analysis Prosper GA Ray Khalfani Worker Justice Unemployment Insurance Bill Analysis: House Bill 518 and Senate Bill 160 March 22, 2023 / March 22, 2023 by Ray Khalfani As of Crossover Day, March 6, 2023, Georgia’s House and Senate each voted to pass unemployment insurance (UI) bills, House Bill (HB) 518 and Senate Bill (SB) 160, out of their respective chambers. These bills have three main provisions: 1) suppressing new employers’ UI Trust Fund contribution rate from 2.7 percent to 2.64 […] Read more » Department of Labor ui trust fund Unemployment unemployment benefits Unemployment Insurance unemployment trust fund worker justice worker rights workforce
Bill Analysis Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Stephen Owens Fact Sheet: Voucher Dollars Take from the Many to Benefit the Few March 22, 2023 / March 24, 2023 by Stephen Owens Using data from the state’s expenses for the existing tax credit voucher and comparing to population data, it’s clear that vouchers drain money from rural Georgia to benefit a few counties. Fulton County, for example, only has 10 percent of the state’s population, but used over 20 percent of the total tax credit […] Read more » education budget k-12 education k12 Private School Scholarships private schools public-schools school vouchers
