Legislative Session 2023 finished in the usual flurry of maneuvers and votes that lasted until the final minutes of Sine Die—the 40th and final day that the Georgia General Assembly meets each year. Throughout Sine Die, GBPI remained focused
As of Crossover Day, March 6, 2023, Georgia’s House and Senate each voted to pass unemployment insurance (UI) bills, House Bill (HB) 518 and Senate Bill (SB) 160, out of their respective chambers. These bills have three main
Using data from the state’s expenses for the existing tax credit voucher and comparing to population data, it’s clear that vouchers drain money from rural Georgia to benefit a few counties. Fulton County, for example, only has 10
Key Takeaways Senate Bill 233 is conservatively projected to cost an additional $150 million upon full implementation This voucher would divert public funds from schools serving majority Black students and majority living in poverty State lawmakers concerned about Georgia’s children
Yesterday, March 6, marked Crossover Day 2023, the day by which a bill generally must pass out of its originating legislative chamber to be considered this session by the other chamber. Several important bills passed out of their chamber and
This bill analysis was co-authored by Crystal Muñoz, Immigration Analyst. In 2008, the State of Georgia began to charge undocumented students out-of-state tuition and barred them from attending certain state universities. Out-of-state tuition is two-to-four times higher than
The Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) eligibility workers, some of whom process Medicaid cases and who continue to have high turnover, experienced a drop in their pay a few months before the unprecedented challenge of redetermining more than
The governor’s proposed budget for the current amended fiscal year (AFY), AFY 2023, was flat for the Department of Labor (DOL). Spending proposals for fiscal year (FY) 2024 were nearly flat, offering minor spending increases to cover cost-of-living
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.32 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. These latest fiscal- year-to-fiscal-year increases, totaling nearly $38 million,
Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $948 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2024 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers and hiring hundreds of DFCS eligibility workers.[1] The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024
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