Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee Knock Down Barriers Between Georgia Students and College Graduation May 31, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Lee I attended my dad’s Ph.D. graduation as a kid. Long before cell phones gained popularity, my mom sent me on a mission to pass a message to my dad about where we would meet after the ceremony. I walked up to the ropes separating the graduates from their guests and got down on my hands […] Read more » Education graduates graduation rates Higher Education Jennifer Lee
Blog Budget and Taxes Taifa Smith Butler Many Georgia Families Get Raw Deal in President’s Callous Budget May 26, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler Georgians stand to lose a lot if the president’s proposed budget released this week is approved. Not only does the plan jeopardize Georgia’s fiscal stability, it also would diminish the ability of millions of Georgians to meet basic living standards, such as putting food on the table, maintaining a roof over their heads and accessing […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts health health-care K-12 medicaid Taifa Smith Butler
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe This Year’s Flurry of Tax Breaks Highlights Need for Better Process May 19, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia is falling behind the majority of states including several of its Southeast neighbors when it comes to making sure tax breaks deliver taxpayers a good return on investment. Twenty-seven states plus the District of Columbia now maintain policies that subject business tax breaks and other economic development subsidies to some sort of objective review […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Governor Deal State Taxes tax breaks Wesley Tharpe
Blog Budget and Taxes Health Justice Melissa Johnson Uplifting Georgia Moms this Mother’s Day May 11, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Mother’s Day invites us to reflect on the importance of mothers and show our appreciation for them. One of the best ways Georgia can demonstrate commitment to moms is to bolster their economic opportunities and provide more tools to help their families succeed. In 2016, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute released an Economic Opportunity […] Read more » EITC health medicaid
Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee Georgia Lawmakers Press for More Lottery Dollars for Education April 28, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Georgia’s HOPE and Pre-K programs stood to gain as much as $127 million if state lawmakers successfully nudged a lottery bill through the legislative process last month. In the end, lawmakers left that proposal and one with a similar aim behind when the 2017 Georgia General Assembly adjourned. Both House and Senate members proposed to […] Read more » Higher Education HOPE
Blog Budget and Taxes Tax Day Twitter: Making the Case for a Strong Economy and Thriving Communities April 19, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by Alex Welch Tax Day arrives every April, annually stirring a conversation about the benefits of taxes and their influence on the state economy. GBPI’s analysts break down Georgia tax policy to help the public better understand the fundamental value of taxes and the vital investments that result in the short and long run. We jumped into a timely […] Read more » Budget & Taxes State Taxes
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Tax Break Scheme Aimed at Rural Jobs Offers Georgia a Poor Return on Investment April 18, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Among the bills now awaiting signature or veto by Gov. Nathan Deal is a complicated new tax break that promises a windfall to some well-connected financial firms and little to no benefit to rural communities it promises to help. Senate Bill 133, called the Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act, narrowly passed the state Senate […] Read more » CAPCO tax breaks
Blog Health Justice Medicaid Helps Millions of Georgians, State’s Bottom Line April 14, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by Laura Harker Medicaid provides nearly 2 million Georgians with vital health services, 92 percent of whom are children, elderly or disabled. It covers 1.3 million Georgia children and 500,000 Georgia seniors and Georgians who live with disabilities. The program pays for more than half of all births in Georgia and is the primary payer for three-quarters of […] Read more » medicaid
Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee College Students Squeezed as State Shrinks its Share of School Costs April 5, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Georgia’s university system Board of Regents is set to meet this month to decide on tuition rates for the 2017-2018 school year. At the beginning of the legislative session, the university system chancellor assured the Legislature that any tuition increase decided this spring would be low. But why does the price of attending a Georgia college […] Read more » Higher Education HOPE
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Health Justice K-12 Education Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice 2017 GBPI Legislative Recap, Sine Die Edition March 31, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe As Georgia lawmakers opened the 2017 General Assembly January 9, our top legislative priorities included renewal of a fee critical to the state’s health care system, momentum for a bottom-up tax cut for workers and commitment to supporting high-quality public schools. Lawmakers debated those issues and many others before adjourning late yesterday. Today’s recap updates […] Read more » Sine Die
