Author Blog Health Justice Taifa Smith Butler Medicaid Expansion Could be a Lifeline for Veterans May 23, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler Memorial Day is one day we set aside to honor service members who lost their lives to protect this country’s freedoms. It is also a day to honor men and women who still serve, as well as those who have returned home. Unfortunately many face difficult transitions returning home to civilian life. More and more […] Read more »
Author Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Investigation Reveals Need for Business Subsidy Reforms May 22, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia spends millions of dollars each year subsidizing companies that don’t always deliver on their promises of new jobs, according to a recent investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. But Georgia lawmakers could make these programs more effective and hold companies accountable with some common sense, business-friendly reforms found in other Southern states. The AJC report […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Fact Sheets Featured Health Justice Library Timothy Sweeney Georgia Veterans Would Gain Health Coverage Through Expansion May 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney If Georgia expands Medicaid in 2014, nearly 25,000 uninsured veterans and 7,000 of their spouses could get health coverage. That could mean nearly 45 percent of Georgia’s uninsured veterans and more than one-quarter of their uninsured spouses could get health coverage. Download the fact sheet. Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Melissa Johnson U.S. House Version of Farm Bill Threatens Nutrition Assistance for Georgia Families May 17, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Melissa Johnson | 1 Comment on U.S. House Version of Farm Bill Threatens Nutrition Assistance for Georgia Families The U.S. House’s Agriculture Committee passed a farm bill this week that would cut more than $20 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program) and other nutrition services. The cuts pose a threat to thousands of Georgia families struggling to put food on the table. The farm bill, […] Read more »
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes A Double Standard for Sales Tax Breaks May 14, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig | 1 Comment on A Double Standard for Sales Tax Breaks Tax breaks should be decided on their merits, not based on the pull of powerful lobbyists. Unfortunately, the governor seems to have taken the opposite course this month in his treatment of two sales tax exemptions. While he vetoed renewal of a sales tax exemption for food donated to food banks, items purchased by volunteer […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Budget and Taxes Library Reports Wesley Tharpe Tax Revisions Keep Georgia on the Wrong Path May 10, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Closing the Books on 2013 Tax revisions passed by the Georgia Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal this year will cost an estimated $168 million over five years, draining more scarce resources on top of years of damaging cuts to schools, job training, health care and other […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney New Study Shows Significant Benefits for Medicaid Expansion, Contrary to Opponents’ Claims May 3, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Opponents of Medicaid expansion are misrepresenting the findings of a new study to argue that Georgia and other states shouldn’t extend this vital health coverage to more people without health insurance. Contrary to what some in the anti-expansion camp argue, the study – which updates findings from an earlier look at how Medicaid benefited some […] Read more »
Alan Essig Blog Washington, D.C. Budget Debate Outcome Looms Large for Georgia April 30, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig On Wednesday, May 1 GBPI will host its Spring Policy Forum, Protecting Our Investment in Georgia’s Future: Effects of Federal Budget Cuts on Georgia’s Families, Children and Schools. You will hear from experts from Washington, D.C. and Georgia on the state’s best options to support schools and families and protect vital investments for the state’s […] Read more »
Author Blog Wesley Tharpe Georgia’s Employment: Small Steps Out of Deep Hole April 25, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia’s economy is heading in the right direction but still faces an uphill climb to emerge from the wreckage of the Great Recession, as explained in our new Jobs Count fact sheet. Georgia added more jobs than any state but California and Florida in March, according to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Bureau […] Read more »
Author Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Georgia’s College Students Squeezed Again April 25, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 1 Comment on Georgia’s College Students Squeezed Again It just got tougher for Georgia’s students to afford college. Last week the Board of Regents of the state’s university system raised tuition for fall 2013. The tuition hikes range from a high of 7 percent at Georgia Tech to 2.5 percent at state universities. Students at the state’s flagship, the University of Georgia, will […] Read more » K-12
