Blog Cash and Safety Net Increasing Access to Child Care Helps Georgia’s Women, State Economy March 23, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Guest blogger Kelly Dolan is executive director of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation At the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, we know that advocacy is one of the most effective ways to combat the sort of interrelated root causes of social problems and systemic factors that are detailed in our Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty in Metro […] Read more » Economic Security Melissa Johnson Safety Net
GBPI In The News If education is the key, why is Georgia doing this? March 23, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin U.S. Sen. David Perdue had harsh words for President Obama after Obama’s visit to Georgia Tech earlier this month. The president had come to highlight the importance of education and his administration’s efforts to make college more affordable, but Perdue was having none of it. Read more. Read more » college-tuition HOPE Scholarship tuition
GBPI In The News More damage being done under the Gold Dome March 22, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Editorial: It is a good thing our intrepid lawmakers will soon leave Atlanta. I’m not sure we can stand much more of their working the will of the people. Read more. Read more » Alan Essig Education K-12 Legislature
GBPI In The News Georgia’s budget numbers are what counts March 19, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Some of the state government’s biggest battles over budget numbers have taken place with Alan Essig in the middle.ﾠ Read more. Read more » Alan Essig closer-look State Budget
GBPI In The News Health insurance costs on the rise, again, at local schools March 15, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin School bus drivers get to keep their health insurance next year under the state budget passed by the state House, but at the expense of local school systems and taxpayers. Read more. Read more » shbp State Health Benefit Plan Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News GOP proposal would reduce income tax rate, but raise sales tax rate February 28, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Republican legislative leaders feel they have a surefire way to stimulate job creation: tax reform. Read more. Read more » Budget & Taxes Income Tax tax reform Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Georgia still high in unsinsured February 24, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Nearly one in five people in Georgia still lack health insurance while other southern states that expanded Medicaid saw dramatic improvement of uninsured rates, according to the director of health policy for the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute. Read more. Read more » health insurance medicaid Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News Lawmakers acknowledge its hard to mend problems with tax breaks February 21, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Call them tax incentives, exclusions, loopholes, carve-outs or breaks, but there are nearly 200 exceptions in Georgia tax law that individuals and corporations can claim, according to the 2016 state Tax Expenditure Report. Read more. Read more » tax breaks tax-credits Wesley Tharpe
Blog Tax Swap Brings No Small Change February 17, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed is featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; read full article here. Read more »
GBPI In The News Tax swap brings no small change February 11, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Some powerful Georgia lawmakers are floating a plan to move $180 million out of the state account used for schools, public safety and other general needs to redirect the money solely for roads and bridges. Read more. Read more » Alan Essig State Budget Transportation
