Habersham County Schools facing $2.7-million shortfall next year
GBPI Admin
December 10, 2013
GBPI data from “The Schoolhouse Squeeze” report is cited; read full article here.
Category: GBPI In The News
Report: Nearly one in five Georgia residents lives in poverty, state rates rise despite economic rebound
GBPI Admin
December 6, 2013
GBPI Analyst Melissa Johnson is quoted in this article on poverty in the state; read full article here.
Medicaid expansion critical, hospitals and MDs say
GBPI Admin
November 1, 2013
By Misty Williams Georgia’s doctors association has come out in support of Medicaid expansion in the state. Georgia’s hospitals and now its powerful association of doctors say the state should expand Medicaid to cover hundreds of thousands of people who
The Math Behind Medicaid
GBPI Admin
October 31, 2013
GBPI’s 2013 policy forum on Medicaid expansion is covered here.
Sweeney honored as Georgia Trend “40-Under-40”
GBPI Admin
October 9, 2013
GBPI Director of Healthy Policy Tim Sweeney makes Georgia Trend’s “40-Under-40” list; read full article here.
Gwinnett endured $738M in school cuts since 2003
GBPI Admin
September 23, 2013
GBPI Senior Education Analyst Claire Suggs is quoted in this article on the education budget shortfall in Georgia; read full article here.
School districts lost out on $7.6 billion from state, study finds
GBPI Admin
September 18, 2013
GBPI Senior Education Analyst Claire Suggs is quoted in this article on the education budget shortfall in Georgia’s 180 school districts; read full article here.
Study: Cutting income tax would hurt Georgians
GBPI Admin
August 7, 2013
GBPI analyst Wesley Tharpe is quoted in this article on the state income tax; read full article here.
Studies point to savings under Medicaid expansion
GBPI Admin
July 25, 2013
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on health savings under Medicaid expansion; read full article here.
Veto sidetracks tax breaks for medical charities
GBPI Admin
May 14, 2013
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted in this article on Gov. Deal’s decision to veto tax breaks for food banks and medical charity clinics; read full article here.
