Senior Policy Analyst Clare Ritchie is quoted in this article about the new unemployment law in Georgia and whether or not the projected savings are, in fact, accurate. Read full article here.
GBPI Director of Health Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on Medicaid’s $300 million shortfall; says Sweeney, “It’s evidence that the state budget is not adequate now to fund our current programs.” Read full article here.
Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted in this article on state revenues; read full article here.
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on Governor Deal’s decision to halt the plan to increase the state gas tax; Essig says the decision does not make “budgetary or economic sense.” Read full article here.
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on Governor Deal’s decision to halt the plan to increase the state gas tax; Essig says the decision does not make “budgetary or economic sense.” Read full article here.
GBPI Education Analyst Cedric Johnson is quoted on REACH scholarships and how it can create an uneven playing field among students. Read full article here.
GBPI Health Policy Analyst Timothy Sweeney is quoted in this article on Georgia’s healthcare redesign plan and the risks inherent with the switch from Medicaid to managed care. Read full article here.
Statistic from GBPI is cited in this article about the downfalls of cutting unemployment benefits. Read full article here.
Reporter Tom Spigolon uses information from the GBPI to support his article on casual vehicle sales tax. Read full article here.
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig discusses education budget cuts in school districts across the state with 11Alive News Reporter Donna Lowry. ATLANTA — The new normal in Georgia’s public schools is doing more with less. The budget cuts that metro
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GBPI is committed to tracking how the state of Georgia raises and spends fiscal resources. As the federal government has promised and provided some of these, cuts to programs and funding on the federal level could have deep and lasting impacts on Georgians and on the state’s ability to meet the needs of all its residents.
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