Author Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Library Policy Areas Wesley Tharpe Tax Shift Could Hit Most Georgia Seniors with a Tax Increase November 19, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining traction in Georgia. Georgia’s seniors are more likely to be financially hurt by the proposed tax shift than younger people. Download the fact sheet. Read more » State Taxes
Author Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets K-12 Education Library Wesley Tharpe Tax Shift Proposals Would Hurt Georgia Schools November 18, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining traction in Georgia. These tax shift plans threaten to harm Georgia’s schoolchildren and university students because deep income tax cuts would likely lead to new rounds of state budget cuts, on top of those already enacted in […] Read more » State Taxes
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes Georgia should tally cost, benefit of business tax breaks November 15, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig | 2 Comments on Georgia should tally cost, benefit of business tax breaks The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig says the state should take a more business-like approach to decide whether corporate tax breaks are worthwhile in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed. As published in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Georgia gives out hundreds of millions of dollars in business tax breaks every year with little rhyme […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Blog Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice High Unemployment Among Georgia’s Many Workforce Challenges November 13, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe As we move closer toward another legislative session and heated election season, Georgia’s economy is sure to become a hot topic. It’s innate to state politics for governors, legislators and candidates to make claims about whether jobs and businesses are growing and whether working families are making progress. Just last week Georgians were beset by […] Read more »
Author Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education New report: “Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet” November 6, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 1 Comment on New report: “Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet” This summer the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute contacted superintendents from all 180 of the state’s school districts to ask about two dozen questions designed to reveal measures they’ve taken in the wake of years of state budget cuts. One hundred forty districts completed the survey. Others were unable to because their central office staff […] Read more »
Author Claire Suggs Featured K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet November 6, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Claire Suggs Georgia’s public schools are at a tipping point. School districts are coping with state funding cuts in recent years by shrinking the school calendar, increasing class sizes and furloughing teachers. A new survey of school districts by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) finds school systems throughout the state struggling to provide a quality […] Read more » K-12
Author Blog Health Justice John McCosh Past Events GBPI Forum Speakers Make Closing Case for Medicaid Expansion November 1, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by John McCosh A gathering of health care experts urged Georgia lawmakers to embrace Medicaid expansion Thursday at GBPI’s Fall Policy Forum, telling the audience of about 150 people the state stands to reap huge social and economic benefits in 2014. It is important for Georgia to get past political considerations that stand in the way of embracing […] Read more »
Author Health Justice Library Policy Areas Presentations Timothy Sweeney Medicaid Expansion: Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Access to Care November 1, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Presentation: Tim Sweeney, Director of Health Policy, Georgia Budget & Policy InstituteOctober 31, 2013 | The Carter Center | 2013 Fall Policy Forum Download the presentation. Read more »
Author Fact Sheets Health Justice Library Policy Areas Timothy Sweeney Rural Georgians Stand to Benefit Most from Medicaid Expansion November 1, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney More than 140,000 uninsured Georgians in rural communities could get health coverage through Medicaid in 2014 if Georgia expands eligibility. That is about half of all uninsured adults under 65 in Georgia’s 109 rural counties. Download the fact sheet. Read more »
Author Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Georgia Families Lose Food Assistance, Bigger Threat Looms October 30, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Melissa Johnson | 1 Comment on Georgia Families Lose Food Assistance, Bigger Threat Looms More than 1.9 million Georgians, including more than one in three Georgia children, are more likely to go hungry this month. At the outset of November dramatic cuts took effect for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP,” commonly called food stamps). If you missed the media coverage asking how so many Georgia families will put […] Read more » Melissa Johnson SNAP
