GBPI In The News Traveling a road to nowhere January 25, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin In a statewide AJC poll earlier this month, 84 percent of Georgians said they thought it was at least somewhat important to improve the state’s transportation system; 57 percent took it a step further, saying it was very important to upgrade our transportation system. Read more. Read more » Alan Essig State Budget Transportation
GBPI In The News School bus drivers could lose health insurance in state plan January 23, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Bus drivers and other school employees who work less than 30 hours a week won’t be eligible to enroll in the state health insurance program under a state Department of Community Health proposal. Read more. Read more » health insurance medicaid Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News On Second Thought January 23, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Governor Nathan Deal released his proposed budget last week. What is getting more money and what is getting cut?ﾠ Read more. Read more » Legislature State Budget Taifa Smith Butler
GBPI In The News Savannah-Chatham schools face cramped classes January 17, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia legislators have imposed revenue reductions to the public education budget, called austerity cuts, for more than a decade, and 95 percent of the state’s cash-strapped school districts have increased class sizes to help make ends mee Read more. Read more » Education K-12 schools State Budget
GBPI In The News Now’s time for strategic fixes January 11, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin AJC op-ed: For the first time in years, state leaders are sending signals before the January General Assembly that they might raise revenues to fix a challenge Georgia needs to address, in this case its neglected transportation system. Read more. Read more » Alan Essig Legislature State Budget
GBPI In The News School standards, higher education top 2015 challenges January 9, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin High school standards and expectations after high school are among the top education issues Georgians can expect to see addressed by state leaders in 2015. Read more. Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12 Legislature
GBPI In The News Ga. tax revenues up, but not enough January 7, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The improving economy raised state tax collections by 9 percent in December over the same month last year, but an expert on state budgets warned Wednesday that the added money won’t stretch far. Read more. Read more » Alan Essig Legislature State Budget
Press Press Releases & Statements Taifa Butler Named GBPI’s Next Executive Director January 6, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Atlanta, Ga. – Jan. 6, 2015 – The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Board of Directors announced today Deputy Director Taifa Smith Butler will become the organization’s new executive director, effective April 1, 2015. Butler will lead the nonprofit think tank into its second decade as Georgia’s leading authority on state budget […] Read more »
GBPI In The News What’s wrong with Georgia January 2, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin While many other states are recovering, Georgia’s unemployment rate has risen. Some blame the state’s laissez-faire approach to policy. Read more. Read more » low-wage tax-incentives Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News HOPE part of talks on education October 24, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Executive Director Alan Essig was quoted in this article about the HOPE scholarship; read full article here. Read more »
