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.
Georgia’s business and political circles have been buzzing about Mercedes’ planned move since the German car company announced plans to move its U.S. headquarters to the state last week. Read more.
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.
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.
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.
While many other states are recovering, Georgia’s unemployment rate has risen. Some blame the state’s laissez-faire approach to policy. Read more.
Executive Director Alan Essig was quoted in this article about the HOPE scholarship; read full article here.
A new study released by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is a stark reminder of what’s gone on over the last decade or more in the state; read full article here. Read more here: http://www.macon.com/2014/10/19/3371443_gbpi-survey-reveals-the-fragile.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
GBPI director of health policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on Medicaid expansion; read full article here.
GBPI senior education analyst Claire Suggs is quoted in this article on austerity cut to public education in Georgia; read full article here.
The Georgia Budget Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. It outlines Georgia’s budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems. This year we are taking special care to describe how federal funding contributes to Georgia’s budget.
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