Blog Timothy Sweeney Georgia’s Medicaid “Experiment” a Tepid Response to Coverage Gap May 15, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney State leaders at the Department of Community Health are reportedly working with a few Georgia hospitals to take advantage of language in the recently signed 2016 Georgia budget that allows the agency to seek a federal Medicaid waiver. The language included in the 2016 budget that authorizes the department to pursue a waiver appeared in […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget Tim Sweeney
Blog Claire Suggs Reworking QBE, Teacher Compensation Weighed by Education Reform Panel May 8, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs The funding committee of the Education Reform Commission is considering big changes to teacher compensation as it moves rapidly to meet the governor’s August deadline to recommend a new formula to distribute state dollars to public schools. At its late April meeting committee members also considered ways to calculate base funding for each student, which […] Read more » Education K-12
Blog Wesley Tharpe Georgia Moms Earn It May 7, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Working moms are the bedrock of so many Georgia families. Between raising kids, contributing to their communities and holding down one or more jobs, moms put in a lot more than a full day’s work. That’s one of the many reasons we’ll especially celebrate them this Sunday, on Mother’s Day. It’s also why the federal […] Read more » Economic Security Safety Net State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Claire Suggs Latest Tuition Hike Clouds Goal to Increase Graduates May 1, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs A college education in Georgia just got less affordable. Tuition is going up again in the wake of cuts in state funds for the university system. Families now earn less than 20 years ago. The HOPE Scholarship covers far less than it used to and many students do not receive it. A college degree is […] Read more » Education HOPE Scholarship
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Mixed Bag for Georgians’ Health Care in 2015 Legislature April 27, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia lawmakers left town earlier this month after producing a 2016 state spending plan that invests no more money overall for health care than the state did last year. Georgia ranks near the bottom of all states for health care investment and the consequences include hundreds of thousands of uninsured Georgians and hospitals that struggle […] Read more » health Tim Sweeney
Author Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Georgia’s 2016 Human Services Budget Reflects GBPI Influence April 21, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Georgia lawmakers took steps in the just-ended legislative session to improve the lives of some of the state’s most vulnerable people. Lawmakers allotted $900,000 more in the 2016 state budget to help Georgians with disabilities prepare for jobs and added more than $25 million to better protect children. Also significant is something left undone. Lawmakers […] Read more » Economic Security Melissa Johnson Safety Net
Blog Wesley Tharpe Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda April 17, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item to pass this year’s General Assembly, but lawmakers also approved several other tax bills that in some cases carry sizable revenue costs. Legislators gave their approval to 10 tax bills besides the transportation package, House Bill 170. […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Wesley Tharpe Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda April 17, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item to pass this year’s General Assembly, but lawmakers also approved several other tax bills that in some cases carry sizable revenue costs. Legislators gave their approval to 10 tax bills besides the transportation package, House Bill 170. […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Author Blog Budget and Taxes Taifa Smith Butler GBPI Put its Stamp on 2015 Legislative Session April 13, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler Georgia lawmakers left Atlanta early this month with significant accomplishments in hand and without approving some measures the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute flagged as troubling. Legislation to generate about $900 million more a year for transportation maintenance grabbed most of the headlines after the General Assembly convened in mid-January. But other bills with big […] Read more » State Budget Taifa Smith Butler
Alan Essig Blog And Now it’s Time to Say Sine Die April 2, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig | 10 Comments on And Now it’s Time to Say Sine Die As the 2015 legislative session comes to an end so does my time in Georgia. After 25 years in Georgia, the last 11 as executive director of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, I move to Michigan in a few weeks. It certainly has been a long, strange trip. It’s hard to believe how far […] Read more » Alan Essig Medicaid Expansion State Budget
