Cedric Johnson K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports Access to Quality Pre-K Classrooms Key to Georgia Remaining a Leader in Early Learning August 30, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by Cedric Johnson | 1 Comment on Access to Quality Pre-K Classrooms Key to Georgia Remaining a Leader in Early Learning Georgia’s reputation as a leader in early childhood education is slipping away. Despite an abundance of evidence that early learning is a key to success later in life, particularly for low-income and at-risk youth, recent spending cuts mean Georgia’s Pre-Kindergarten program will serve 2,000 fewer children in the coming school year. Class sizes have grown, […] Read more » Cedric Johnson Education Pre-K pre-K funding
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Expanding Medicaid to cover more Georgians is a great deal for Georgia August 29, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 3 Comments on Expanding Medicaid to cover more Georgians is a great deal for Georgia Posted by Timothy Sweeney Despite Governor Deal’s recent comments indicating that he is unlikely to expand Medicaid, doing so remains Georgia’s best and most affordable option to make health insurance available to hundreds of thousands of Georgians who currently lack it. Financially, the expansion is a great deal for Georgia because the federal government will […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Fact Sheets Library Policy Areas Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Georgia Still Recovering in Fits and Starts August 29, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia continues to gradually recover jobs lost during the Great Recession, according to recently released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Georgia kept pace with the national average in job growth over the past 12 month and created more jobs than all but six other states during the past three. While these are […] Read more » jobs count State of Working Georgia Wesley Tharpe
Blog Budget and Taxes Clare S. Richie The Shell Game Continues August 27, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie Posted by Clare S. Richie The game of robbing Peter to pay Paul continues in Georgia. To keep one critical budget intact, the Department of Human Services (DHS) is proposing cuts to two other critical programs. In the end, everybody loses. DHS proposes to fill some gaps in the amended 2013 budget by shuffling around […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Clare Richie Department of Human Services State Budget
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes Without New Revenue, Outlook is Bleak for Upcoming Budgets August 24, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig Another round of damaging cuts to schools, health care, public safety and other vital services is looming unless the governor and General Assembly take a balanced approach to the state’s ongoing budget crisis, one that includes additional revenue. Despite four years of crippling cuts, revenues continue to lag, and the Governor’s Office of Planning and […] Read more » Alan Essig Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney New Revenue Needed To Invest in Medicaid August 23, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 4 Comments on New Revenue Needed To Invest in Medicaid Posted by Timothy Sweeney Today at the Department of Community Health Board meeting, the state failed to outline how it would address its funding shortfall and instead chose to blame the federal government’s lack of “flexibility” for funding issues facing Medicaid and PeachCare programs. But blaming the federal government for the state’s budget woes is […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Blog K-12 Education Taifa Smith Butler Powerball: Where the Dollars Go August 20, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler | 2 Comments on Powerball: Where the Dollars Go Posted by Taifa S. Butler When the Powerball jackpot reached more than $320 million last week — the fourth-largest jackpot ever – that was good news for Georgia students, since the more lottery tickets people buy, the more money there is for HOPE college scholarships. Of course, you must play to win. And the odds […] Read more » Cedric Johnson Education HOPE Scholarship Taifa Smith Butler
Alan Essig Blog Budget and Taxes Spending reductions, recurring budget deficits August 15, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig | 2 Comments on Spending reductions, recurring budget deficits Posted by Alan Essig As published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Here is an opinion piece from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s executive director Alan Essig on Georgia’s fiscal crisis and the solutions that help move the state forward. The numbers don’t add up for Georgia. They haven’t in years – and they won’t any […] Read more » Alan Essig Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget state revenue
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Lack of investment in education and quality of life impede Georgia’s ability to attract new businesses July 26, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 3 Comments on Lack of investment in education and quality of life impede Georgia’s ability to attract new businesses Posted by Wesley Tharpe With the national economy continuing to sputter, states are wondering how best to attract new investment and create jobs. Governor Deal repeatedly states the goal of making Georgia the #1 place in the country – even the world – to do business, and state leaders emphasize lower taxes and slimmer government […] Read more » Economic Security investment Safety Net State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Medicaid Expansion Ensures that Hundreds of Thousands of Low-income Georgians Can Finally Get Health Coverage July 12, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney The Medicaid expansion created by the Affordable Care Act is the most cost-effective way for Georgia to ensure that hundreds of thousands of low-income Georgians can finally get health coverage. Furthermore, it will carry a variety of other benefits for Georgia’s economy that policy makers should keep in mind as they weigh whether to participate. […] Read more » Affordable Care Act Blog health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney Uninsured
