Budget and Taxes Taifa Smith Butler Get education, health care right to build Georgia’s prosperity January 11, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler This op-ed was first published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan. 10, 2016. Education and health care spending amount to about three quarters of the state budget Georgia lawmakers are set to shape when they return to the Gold Dome this week. Before the 40-day session ends at the outset of spring many other topics will […] Read more » State Budget
Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Worker Justice Workforce Legislation Can Increase Economic Opportunity in Georgia December 17, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Melissa Johnson The state is working on a new plan to better leverage federal resources to provide training and work support for Georgians and there is room for improvement in the draft it recently published. The plan is required by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. The legislation and draft plan offer many opportunities […] Read more » economic development economy training workforce
Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Welcome Newcomers to Build a Stronger Georgia December 16, 2015 / April 2, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 1 Comment on Welcome Newcomers to Build a Stronger Georgia Opinions are rarely in short supply when it comes to immigration. Whether it’s on cable news, gathered around the family dining table or dominating your Facebook newsfeed, questions of how immigrants affect our economy and communities are clearly on people’s minds. It can prove difficult to separate fact from fiction, since it’s such an emotional […] Read more » immigration
Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Immigrants Help Chart Georgia’s Course to Prosperity December 16, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia transformed over the past few decades as immigrants from around the world brought new workers, new entrepreneurs and new taxpayers. Nearly one in 10 Georgians today was born outside of the United States and one in five Georgians under the age of 18 has at least one immigrant parent. This growing community of foreign-born […] Read more » immigration
Claire Suggs K-12 Education Long-Awaited State K-12 Funding Overhaul Underachieves December 10, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs Georgia’s students are working hard to reach standards higher than those set for any previous generation. Meanwhile, the state is not ensuring they have the resources needed to reach those heights. Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission approved a proposed new formula to fund public schools at its November meeting that lacks an assessment of […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12
Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Struggling Health Care System Just Part of What Ails Rural Georgia November 20, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia is burdened with a host of health challenges across the state, from an uninsured rate that ranks among the highest in the nation to its lack of health care providers. This figures to be exacerbated by a financial crisis at the rural hospital in Fort Oglethorpe this month. Many patients lack access to needed […] Read more » health Hospitals Rural
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Support Georgia veterans through tax credits that work November 10, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 1 Comment on Support Georgia veterans through tax credits that work Guest Blogger Veterans Day should be about more than a chance to get a good deal on a new flat screen TV ahead of the holidays, although there’s nothing wrong with getting a bargain. A break on the sticker price also benefits the men and women who serve our country, many of whom struggle financially […] Read more » EITC State Taxes Veterans
Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Education Reform Commission Threatens to Cement in $421 Million Cut November 4, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 5 Comments on Education Reform Commission Threatens to Cement in $421 Million Cut Hover your mouse over the map to view information for each school district. See how we calculated these numbers by downloading this spreadsheet. Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission is poised to recommend a new school funding formula that threatens to make permanent deep cuts to the existing funding formula and grant programs. The General Assembly […] Read more » Claire Suggs education budget cuts K-12
Claire Suggs K-12 Education Reports Funding Committee Comes up Short November 4, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 1 Comment on Funding Committee Comes up Short A new school funding formula Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission is developing threatens to lock in deep cuts made under the existing formula if it becomes law. Most school districts get less money under the proposed formula this school year than if the General Assembly provided the full amount calculated by the existing one. […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12
John McCosh K-12 Education Public Education Austerity Cuts Persist in New State Spending Plan October 30, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by John McCosh | 3 Comments on Public Education Austerity Cuts Persist in New State Spending Plan Georgia is underfunding its K-12 programs to the tune of about $660 million this school year, according to the state’s own formula. Plans emerging from the governor’s Education Reform Commission threaten to lock in most of the cuts for the long term. Ongoing state funding shortfalls flagged by GBPI’s education expert Claire Suggs are among […] Read more » Education education budget cuts
