Experts: Medicaid expansion has good track record
GBPI Admin
October 19, 2012
Reporter Andy Miller covers GBPI Fall Policy Forum: Expanding Health Coverage in Georgia; read full article here.
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Student: Furlough Days Hurt Families
GBPI Admin
October 19, 2012
Cherokee County Superintendent Dr. Frank Petruzielo told members of the Board of Education during a work session on Thursday that, according to a survey conducted by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, 2 in 3 school systems responding have cut
The Georgia Department of Economic Development assisted with the creation of 28,776 jobs, an increase of 29 percent from last fiscal year, and $5.97 billion in investments, a 32 percent increase.
GBPI Admin
October 16, 2012
GBPI analyst Wesley Tharpe is quoted in this article about the accuracy of job creation in Georgia. Read full article here.
Policy Report Reveals Trouble for Georgia School Districts – Part 2
GBPI Admin
October 16, 2012
GBPI Deputy Director Taifa Butler talks with WABE 90.1 FM Rose Scott about GBPI’s recently released education report: Survey Says: Trouble for Schools. Read full article here.
Poll Shows Support for Medicaid Expansion in Georgia
GBPI Admin
October 16, 2012
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in this piece on Medicaid expansion in Georgia. Read full article here.
Get Schooled Student success, Georgia economy threatened by state’s declining support
GBPI Admin
October 15, 2012
GBPI Taifa Butler is featured in AJC op-ed about GBPI’s education survey report results. Read full article here.
Policy Report Reveals Trouble For Georgia School Districts
GBPI Admin
October 15, 2012
GBPI Deputy Director Taifa Butler talks to WABE reporter Rose Scott about GBPI Survey Says: Trouble for Schools report. Read full article here.
Georgia Budget Primer 2013
GBPI Admin
October 4, 2012
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) Georgia Budget Primer 2013 provides a snapshot of Georgia’s finances and the trends that must be reversed to put the state on sound economic footing. In developing a solid financial plan for Georgia,
Grover Norquist Prods Georgia Legislators To Drop Hospital Tax Used To Raise Funds For Medicaid
GBPI Admin
October 3, 2012
GBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney is quoted in this article about state hospital tax; read full article here.
Southerners much of the 47 percent
GBPI Admin
October 2, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig’s column is featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Read full article here.
