GBPI In The News Senate decides to ask voters this fall to cut state income taxes February 29, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Georgia Senate decided Monday to let voters decide this fall whether to cut state income taxes in the future. (Subscription) Read more. Read more » Budget & Taxes Income Tax Tax cut taxes Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News House approves tax credits for rural health donations February 27, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Georgia House passed a bill Thursday that would allow an individual or corporation to get a state tax credit for donating money to a rural health care organization. Read more. Read more » health Medicaid Expansion Rural hospitals Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News It’s an election year – tax-cut proposals advance in Georgia February 25, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin It’s an election year, and that means lawmakers probably can’t end the 2016 session without some kind of tax cut, or at least a last-minute debate on one. (Subscription) Read more. Read more » Budget & Taxes Income Tax Tax cut Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Ga. Rep. proposes tax credit for rural hospital donations February 22, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin A state representative from metro Atlanta is proposing a measure to help fund the state’s struggling rural hospitals. Read more. Read more » health Medicaid Expansion Rural hospitals Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News No hike in tuition is welcome news for area students February 21, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia’s college students will pay the same tuition next year — for the first time in at least 14 years. Read more. Read more » Claire Suggs college tuition university
GBPI In The News Richardson: Synapses to Success February 20, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin I’ve always been thankful for going to school in the era when I did. It was B.C, Before Computers. Read more. Read more » art Education K-12 music
GBPI In The News Georgia legislature approves amended budget February 18, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Georgia General Assembly has approved the 2016 Amended State Budget. The next stop for the so-called “little” budget is Gov. Nathan Deal’s desk. Read more. Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes State Budget transportation-funding
Alex Camardelle GBPI In The News Georgia’s hospitals look to avoid financial catastrophe February 17, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by Alex Camardelle You don’t have to look far to see the impact of Georgia’s hospital crisis. Five rural medical centers have closed since 2013 and nearly two thirds of the rest were in the red in 2014. Read more. Read more » health Medicaid Expansion Rural hospitals Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News People2People, One on One February 15, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin WSB-TV’s Jocelyn Dorsey and GBPI’s Taifa Smith Butler cover the 2016 Georgia Legislature, Medicaid expansion – 4 mins. Watch the full video online. Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes economy health Legislature Minimum Wage Taifa Smith Butler
GBPI In The News Legislature could replace 30-year-old school funding formula January 12, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia has funded its public schools the same way for 30 years. Some educators and lawmakers are complaining the formula the state uses is old and out-of-date. Read more. Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12 Legislature
