Georgia pupil spending drops over decade
GBPI Admin
May 21, 2012
GBPI education analyst Cedric Johnson is quoted on the new normal – serving more with less in K-12 education. For full article, click here.
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Jobless Benefit Cuts Help State Repay Loan
GBPI Admin
May 21, 2012
GBPI Senior Analyst Clare Richie is quoted on unemployment benefit cuts to Georgian workers and suggests other options that prevent Georgian workers from losing their benefits. Read full article here.
Study Says Georgia Underfunds Education
GBPI Admin
May 21, 2012
GPB News relies on data from GBPI’s K-12 education report; GBPI analyst Cedric Johnson is quoted in full article.
State education funding on decline since 2001, reports say
GBPI Admin
May 20, 2012
Reporter Lee Shearer uses data from GBPI education analyst Cedric Johnson’s education analysis report. Johnson is quoted here.
Governor signs $19.3 billion state budget
GBPI Admin
May 9, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig believes Governor Deal’s 2013 budget maintains the status quo in Georgia and does not do much to boost the state’s overall economy. Essig is quoted in the full article.
Lawmakers throw around bonds for pet projects
GBPI Admin
May 7, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig discusses bonds and special projects and how politics influence which pets projects receive funding. Essig calls bonds “the way they reward folks” in the Legislature. Read full article here.
Incentives for Baxter plant will be more than $200 million
GBPI Admin
April 27, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on Baxter plant incentives issue and whether or not it is beneficial to the state. Read full article here.
Progress being made in closing funding gap in state benefits program
GBPI Admin
April 25, 2012
GBPI Director of Healthy Policy Tim Sweeney discusses $63 million funding gap for health insurance plans for state workers and retirees. Tim is quoted in the full article.
Local group calls for senior tax exemption
GBPI Admin
April 19, 2012
Former Superintendent Stan DeJarnett sought input from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute in 2008 prior to making a decision on the senior tax exemption in Morgan County. Read full article here.
Ga.’s unemployment rate down 8 straight months
GBPI Admin
April 19, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig discusses Georgia’s unemployment rate with Associated Press Reporter Errin Haines. Read the full article here.
