GBPI In The News Record lottery profits have some eyeing scholarship bumps October 19, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Georgia Lottery hit jackpot with record profits in the first quarter of the state fiscal year, and that has advocates hoping for more scholarship dollars. Read more. Read more » casino Claire Suggs HOPE Scholarship
GBPI In The News Let’s find a better way to fix taxes October 13, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin State lawmakers can seize a real opportunity to improve the lives of Georgia families if they take up the topic of comprehensive tax reform in the next legislative session. Read more. Read more » Budget & Taxes EITC Income Tax tax reform Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Georgia Supreme Court to hear Dreamer’s tution case October 9, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia’s highest court will hear arguments next week about a legal debate that some students say is keeping them from the in-state college tuition rates they deserve. Read more. Read more » college-tuition immigration Tuition Equity
GBPI In The News Richardson: Sounding the alarm October 3, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin For the sake of discussion, this column will assume a few things as given: There are higher numbers of children in poverty in our public schools than ever before. More on that later and the data to prove it. Read more. Read more » Education education-funding K-12 schools
GBPI In The News Report suggests in-state tuition for immigrants September 29, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin State policies that lock out undocumented immigrants from college tuition benefits are a hindrance to the economy and waste an estimated $1 billion spent on educating those students in Georgia’s public schools, a new report argues. Read more. Read more » immigration Tuition Equity
GBPI In The News Expanding Medicaid in Georgia has benefits, experts say September 24, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin he state of Georgia will eventually expand its Medicaid program “because the numbers are so compelling,” a health care economist for Georgia State Univerﾭsity said Thursday at a policy forum in Augusta. Read more. Read more » coverage-gap Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News Ga. braces for $100M budget hole amid possible welfare changes September 9, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin TANF expires at the end of the month. Asﾠfederal lawmakers look to renew it, they’re also eyeing changes to the programﾠthat could leave Georgia with a nearly $100 million budget hole. Read more. Read more » Legislature Melissa Johnson TANF
GBPI In The News Report accurately characterizes Georgia’s diploma standing September 1, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin PolitiFact: In a recent report, Melissa Johnson with the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute, said the Peach State has the ninth highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or GED. Read more. Read more » Education graduates Melissa Johnson
GBPI In The News Lower income areas take hit under new car tax August 30, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Two years after a new car tax debuted in Georgia, the winners have started to emerge: New car owners and the areas where lots of them live. Read more. Read more » ad-valorem car-tax Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Ga.’s lack of graduates threatens economy August 11, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin More than 850,000 adults in Georgia do not have a high school diploma or its equivalent, a GED, according to the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, or GBPI. Read more. Read more » Education graduates Melissa Johnson
