Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Georgia Budget Primer 2016 August 5, 2015 / March 23, 2021 by GBPI Admin Where does the money for Georgia’s $21.8 billion budget come from this year? How does the new transportation tax work? Is Georgia finally funding K-12 education at the level called for in its own formula? GBPI’s “Georgia Budget Primer 2016” answers these questions and many more in 44 pages designed to provide a clear explanation […] Read more » Department of Human Services Education Georgia Budget Primer K-12 medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget State Taxes
GBPI In The News Georgia back-to-school tax holiday kicks off July 31, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia’s statewide back-to-schoolﾠsales tax holidayﾠkicked off Friday and over the course of the two-day period, state officials said, shoppers were expected to save tens of millions of dollars. Read more. Read more » tax breaks Tax Holiday Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Report calls for end to popular back-to-school tax holiday July 31, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin There are politically unpopular stands, and then there’s a call to end the back-to-school sales-tax holiday going on right now. Read more. Read more » tax breaks Tax Holiday Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Local leaders disagree on how far Medicaid should go July 30, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Problems with reimbursement have some doctors refusing to accept it Read more. Read more » health Medicaid Expansion
Blog Medicaid Turns 50: Half a Century of Providing Health Care to Georgians July 24, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin By Ann Hedges This month, Medicaid turns 50. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark legislation into law July 30, 1965. Since its inception, Medicaid has provided health coverage to some of Georgia’s most vulnerable residents. Low-income seniors and people with disabilities get stable access to health care services through the Aged, Blind, and Disabled program. […] Read more » Ann Hedges health medicaid Medicaid Expansion
GBPI In The News On Second Thought July 22, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Celeste Headlee talks to a panel about what can change to make lives for working moms in Georgia better: Melissa Johnson of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Lisa Anderson from Atlanta Women for Equality and Atlanta mom blogger Heather Henry. Read more. Read more » Melissa Johnson poverty women
GBPI In The News Feds make financial pitch for Medicaid expansion June 5, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Obama administration rolled out new statistics this week to buttress the argument that Georgia should expand its Medicaid program. Read more. Read more » health insurance medicaid Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News Ga. women-owned business statistics not all good news May 28, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Gov. Nathan Deal recently tweeted a headline that read “Georgia sees fastest growth in number of women-owned firms since 1997.” That may be true, but it’s not the whole picture Read more. Read more » Melissa Johnson poverty women
GBPI In The News Grady Health System outlines plan to transform care for the uninsured May 8, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Grady Health System realized it couldn’t count on Medicaid expansion anytime soon, so it went looking for a different path. Read more. Read more » health insurance medicaid Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News Ga. budget watchdog eyes state revenue on Tax Day April 15, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The new executive director of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Taifa Smith Butler discusses what the organization does, the state budget and more on ”A Closer Look.” Read more. Read more » Legislature State Budget Taifa Smith Butler
