Past Events Insights 2025: Roadmap to Opportunity December 12, 2024 / January 13, 2026 by Staci Fox Join us for Insights 2025: A Roadmap to Opportunity. This year it’s more important than ever to keep track of the dollars our lawmakers are spending and the policies they are implementing. Every year GBPI begins legislative session by examining the budget that is set for our state. Investment and opportunity for our communities start […] Read more »
Past Events Sponsorship Opportunities for Insights 2025 October 31, 2024 / January 13, 2026 by Staci Fox Insights 2025: A Roadmap to Opportunity January 24, 2025 | 8:30 am | Atlanta, Georgia | More details to come After the election, policy work takes center stage… We’re ready. At Insights 2025 GBPI will provide its annual deep dive into both the amended current year state budget and the new fiscal year state budgets. This […] Read more »
Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox GBPI Applauds Extension of SNAP Replacement Benefits, Calls for Further Congressional Action September 26, 2024 / September 26, 2024 by Staci Fox GEORGIA — In a pivotal decision today, Congress extended Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP) replacement benefits through December 20, 2024, as part of federal stopgap legislation. In 2022, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act which included funding for SNAP replacement benefits. That provision was set to expire after September 30th of this year. Across the U.S., scammers […] Read more »
Blog Staci Fox Women’s Equality Day: Reflecting on Power, Progress and Persistent Gaps in Georgia August 26, 2024 / August 26, 2024 by Staci Fox Each year on August 26th, we celebrate Women’s Equality Day to commemorate the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920. This historic amendment prohibited states from denying the right to vote based on gender—a monumental step forward in the fight for equality. But more than a century later, I find myself […] Read more »
Education Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Promotes Ashley Young to Senior Education Analyst August 5, 2024 / August 5, 2024 by Staci Fox GEORGIA—The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is thrilled to announce Ashley Young’s promotion to Senior Education Analyst. In her expanded role, Ashley will lead GBPI’s focus on K-12 education while continuing her work on need-based financial aid. Her dedication to equitable financial aid policies is evident in her advocacy efforts with the Georgians for […] Read more »
Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Health Justice Ife Finch Floyd Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox Georgia Paid Leave Coalition Releases Fact Sheet on Enhanced Parental Leave Benefits July 18, 2024 by Staci Fox GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Coalition on Paid Leave announced the release of a comprehensive fact sheet detailing the newly expanded paid parental leave benefits for state government and public school employees. Following the enactment of House Bill 1010 earlier this month, the paid parental leave program was extended from 3 weeks to 6 weeks. […] Read more »
Budget and Taxes Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox Major Tax Bills Take Effect with Beginning of Fiscal Year 2025 July 1, 2024 / July 1, 2024 by Staci Fox Today, July 1, marks the beginning of Fiscal Year 2025, bringing several major pieces of legislation into effect in Georgia. These include: House Bill 1015: Reduces the flat personal income tax rate from 5.49% to 5.39%. House Bill 1023: Aligns the state’s corporate income tax rate to its personal income tax rate, reducing it to […] Read more »
Ashley Young Higher Education Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox GBPI Responds to US District Court Rulings Blocking Student Loan Relief June 25, 2024 by Staci Fox GEORGIA — The Georgia Policy and Budget Institute (GBPI) is disappointed in yesterday’s partial preliminary injunctions issued by US District Courts in Kansas and Missouri that temporarily block student loan borrowers from accessing crucial benefits under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Student Aid Verification for Equity (SAVE) Plan. These injunctions will prevent reduction in monthly payments and […] Read more »
Budget and Taxes Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox GBPI Statement on Georgia’s Reported 2023 Revenue Collections June 13, 2024 by Staci Fox GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) released a statement in response to the state’s publication of the Georgia Department of Revenue’s Annual and Fiscal Year Report (2023). Statement from Staci Fox, President and CEO, GBPI: “Georgia’s revenue collections are on track to once again surpass estimates for FY 2024, marking the […] Read more »
Higher Education Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox SPP Sign-on Letter for Student Loan Debt Relief Lawsuit June 3, 2024 / June 4, 2024 by Staci Fox June 4, 2024 Dear Attorney General Chris Carr: We, the undersigned organizations represent eight of the states included in the Kansas v. Biden and Missouri v. Biden lawsuits. Each of our states includes millions of students, borrowers, and workers from racially and financially marginalized communities. We are deeply concerned by the decision to sue the […] Read more » biden federal lawsuit
