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World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month: Love Your Neighbor and Do Something

Friday June 20, 2025 is World Refugee Day, and Immigrant Heritage Month is celebrated throughout the month of ...
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The House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Would Significantly Increase National Debt, Primarily Benefitting Top Earners, While Cutting Health Care and Food Assistance

*The following information reflects the legislation passed by the United States House of Representatives on May 22, 2025.  ...
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How Medicaid Can Fund Housing Support in Georgia

Many state health departments and programs use acronyms. To help keep track of ones used in this paper, ...
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The House Agriculture Committee Proposes Unprecedented Changes to the SNAP Program that Would Increase Food Insecurity

The House is rushing the process to fundamentally change the structure of the SNAP program. They held no ...
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House-Passed Federal Budget Legislation Proposes Historical Medicaid Cuts With Serious Fiscal Impacts for Georgia

*The following information reflects the legislation passed by the United States House of Representatives on May 22, 2025.  ...
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The Data is in on Federal Budget Cuts: Great Harm for Rural Georgians, Georgians of Color and Georgians with Low-Incomes

Georgia’s future depends on every community having the tools to thrive. For too long, systemic barriers have made ...
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Federal Funding for Georgia Public Schools

  Federal funding by congressional district Source: University of Michigan, Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard Note: Due to ...
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Major SNAP Cuts Would Increase Food Insecurity & Harm Local Economies

See how cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would harm counties in your Congressional District: District 1 ...
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Wrapping up Georgia’s 2025 Legislative Session

Friday was Sine Die in Georgia, the day by which a bill must pass out of the Georgia ...
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What you need to know about the Georgia economy and immigrant workers

1.3 million immigrants reside in Georgia, comprising 11.6% of the total population in the state. That’s more than ...
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Federal Workers in Georgia

Federal workers are vital to Georgia’s economy  The administration is targeting federal employees who serve Georgia’s veterans, seniors ...
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Crossover Day 2025: Tracking Our Priorities

Crossover Day 2025 Yesterday was Crossover Day in Georgia, the day by which a bill must pass out ...

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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. 

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