Report Urges Need-based College Aid
GBPI Admin
December 12, 2011
features the release of GBPI Policy Analyst Cedric Johnson’s new report, Making a Case for Need-based Financial Aid in Georgia. View the news article.
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Georgia’s economic malaise: Transportation sales tax is only proposed fix in sight
Alan Essig
December 8, 2011
GBPI Director Alan Essig and Policy Analyst Wesley Tharpe are quoted in the Saporta Report on the challenges facing Georgia’s economic development. Read the article.
Ga. labor chief recommends benefit cuts
GBPI Admin
October 21, 2011
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig quoted in the Valdosta Daily Times in response to Labor Commissioner Mark Butler’s decision to cut unemployment benefits. Download the news article.
Health department seeks more money
GBPI Admin
August 26, 2011
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Download the news article.
Snip, but carefully
GBPI Admin
August 23, 2011
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig quoted in the Romes New Tribune on the governor’s proposed FY 2012-13 budget. Download the news article.
Health officials approve big changes
GBPI Admin
August 12, 2011
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the FY 2012 funding gap in the state employee insurance plan. Download the news article.
Expert: Ga. bonds will keep top rating
GBPI Admin
August 10, 2011
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig quoted in the Savannah Morning News. Download the news article.
Jobs carry high price tag
GBPI Admin
August 5, 2011
GBPI asks policymakers to consider transparency and accountability when evaluating tax cuts. Download the news article.
Ga. counties face bigger challenges, not default
GBPI Admin
August 2, 2011
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig quoted in the Times-Herald on the impact of the debt-ceiling crisis in Washington. Download the news article.
Georgia lacks jobs for unemployed workers
GBPI Admin
July 31, 2011
In an editorial published in the Macon Teleagraph, GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie writes, “Weekly unemployment payments in Georgia average $270 per week, only replacing about one-third of an average worker’s weekly wage. What family would volunteer to
