GBPI In The News In some states, sales tax holidays lose luster August 4, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin Consumers in 16 states can take advantage of sales tax holidays this year — going on frenzied shopping sprees to buy items such as backpacks, computers and school clothes tax-free. But states confronting budget woes and a long list of spending priorities are questioning whether the hyped-up shopping events are worth the cost. Read the […] Read more » Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Health care ideas, questions multiply at state and federal levels July 31, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin The roller coaster of uncertainty over federal health care legislation may have halted, at least for now. Last week’s defeat of Senate health legislation, though, has led to another round of instability, expected to rattle the health care industry over the next few months. While Republicans’ efforts to scrap the Affordable Care Act have failed, […] Read more » food stamps SNAP
GBPI In The News The GOP debate over a minimum wage for cops and deputies July 22, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin According to a study based on census data, recently highlighted by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, some 3,200 members of this state’s law enforcement community — bailiffs, prison guards, jailers, beat cops and deputy sheriffs — are food stamp recipients. “That’s probably correct,” said Terry Norris, executive director of the Georgia Sheriff’s Association. Read the full article […] Read more » Minimum Wage Safety Net SNAP
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Health Justice K-12 Education Reports Worker Justice Georgia Budget Primer 2018 July 12, 2017 / April 14, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler Welcome to GBPI’s 2018 Budget Primer Georgia plans to spend $25 billion in state funds for the 2018 fiscal year. The budget plan anticipates a revenue increase of $1.26 billion, or 5.3 percent more than the prior year. Keep in mind when you hear Georgia’s $25 billion 2018 budget is record-setting that 80 percent of […] Read more »
Budget Primer Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Georgia Higher Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2018 July 12, 2017 / March 23, 2021 by Jennifer Lee Higher Education Budget Overview The Legislature is directing $2.3 billion to the university system and $361 million to the technical college system. About $114 million of the state’s General Fund is allotted to the Georgia Student Finance Commission for scholarship, loan and grant programs, including the state’s dual-enrollment program, Move On When Ready. In addition, […] Read more » Education Higher Education HOPE Scholarship Lottery Move On When Ready Technical College System of Georgia University System of Georgia
Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Reports Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2018 July 12, 2017 / March 23, 2021 by Melissa Johnson Human Services Budget Overview Georgia’s Department of Human Services oversees state spending to protect children and seniors, as well as provide non-medical assistance to people with low incomes. The agency’s state funding is $757 million in 2018, or 3 percent of state spending. Child welfare-related services represent the largest share of the department’s responsibilities, accounting […] Read more » Budget Primer child care Safety Net
Budget Primer Claire Suggs K-12 Education Reports Georgia K-12 Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2018 July 12, 2017 / August 4, 2020 by Claire Suggs Education Funding in Georgia: Financial Challenges for Schools Remain Georgia is spending nearly $12.3 billion on education in the 2018 fiscal year, or about 51.7 percent of the state’s budget. The Department of Early Care and Learning receives $61.5 million and $9.4 billion goes to the Department of Education. The Legislature is directing $2.3 billion […] Read more » K-12 Pre-K
Budget Primer Health Justice Laura Harker Reports Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2018 July 12, 2017 / March 23, 2021 by Laura Harker Georgia Health Care Budget Overview Health care services are primarily delivered through three state agencies: the departments of Community Health, Public Health and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. State funding for these three agencies totals $4.5 billion in 2018, about 18 percent of total state spending. General Fund appropriations for these agencies account for $3.9 […] Read more » Behavioral Health Department of Public Health health Hospitals medicaid PeachCare
GBPI In The News Crippling Medicaid cuts could upend rural health services July 10, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin Each day as Ginger Peebles watches daughter Brenlee grow, she sees the importance of having a hospital close by that delivers babies. Brenlee’s birth was touch-and-go after Peebles realized something was wrong. “I couldn’t feel the baby move, and my blood pressure was sky-high,” said Peebles, a nurse. Dr. Roslyn Banks-Jackson, then an OB-GYN specialist at […] Read more » Affordable Care Act medicaid Rural hospitals
GBPI In The News Medicaid recipients with disabilities face funding cuts under GOP bills June 26, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin The potential cuts in the Medicaid program, as outlined in the GOP health care bills, have a deeply felt meaning for Mitzi Proffitt and her family. Read the full story at Georgia Health News. Read more » Federal Health 2017 health Laura Harker medicaid
