FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Atlanta, Ga. – Jan. 6, 2015 – The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Board of Directors announced today Deputy Director Taifa Smith Butler will become the organization’s new executive director, effective April 1, 2015. Butler will lead
Ashe, Hinton offer perspective gained from decades of service to Georgia ATLANTA (January 7, 2013) – Kathy Ashe and Russell Hinton join the board of directors of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) this month, bringing a wealth of knowledge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – Everyday working Georgians saw two decades of economic progress disappear in the wake of the Great Recession and continue to struggle through its aftermath, a new report from the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute finds.
GBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney releases the following statement in response to the election and moving Medicaid expansion. With the election decided, it is now clear that the nation’s health reform law – the Affordable Care Act –
MEDIA REGISTRATION On Friday, October 19, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute will host its 2012 Fall Policy Forum, Expanding Health Coverage in Georgia at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Conference attendees will hear from two nationally renowned health care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (ATLANTA) Georgia school districts report that classrooms are more crowded than ever and students are spending fewer days in school due to the state’s failure to adequately invest in public education according to a new report released
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute released its annual report, the Georgia Budget Primer 2013. The report provides an overview for the FY 2013 budget as well as budget trends in key areas such as
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie is available for comments and interviews. ATLANTA – Georgia has the 5thhighest poverty rate in the nation, with children hit the hardest, according to data released today from the U.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – New Census data shows that nearly 1.9 million Georgians under age 65, more than 20 percent of this population,went without health insurance coverage from 2010-2011, putting Georgia among the bottom ten states for access to
The U.S. Census Bureau will release its estimates of 2011 health insurance coverage from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on the morning of Wednesday, September 12. In the afternoon, following the Bureau’s Current Population Survey release, the Georgia Budget and
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The Georgia Budget Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. It outlines Georgia’s budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems. This year we are taking special care to describe how federal funding contributes to Georgia’s budget.
Submit public comment on Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program extension by February 20th – just complete this easily fillable form:
