Alan Essig Author Budget and Taxes Featured Library Reports Overview of Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Budget January 21, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Alan Essig The $20.8 billion budget proposed for Georgia’s 2015 fiscal year projects general fund revenue growth of 4.3 percent, or $807 million more than the recently revised 2014 revenue estimate. State revenues are back to pre-recession levels, but the proposed budget still incorporates in its base several billion dollars in program cuts made during the past […] Read more » State Budget
Author Cash and Safety Net Library Melissa Johnson Policy Areas Reports Recovery or Bust: Georgia’s Poor Left Behind December 17, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Melissa Johnson More Georgians are living on the desperate side of the federal poverty line than at any time in the state’s recent history. At the same time, pathways to exit poverty are increasingly blocked as the state failed to make strategic investments when needed. America’s Great Recession – the country’s deepest economic downturn since the Great […] Read more »
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
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 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 Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice State of Working Georgia 2013 October 24, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgians Struggle to Emerge from Shadow of Great Recession Georgia is still sputtering in the shadow of the Great Recession, with its workforce pressed from all sides by a sluggish economy, high unemployment, stagnant wages and at-risk public supports. When coupled with broader historical trends, such as shrinking opportunities for less-educated workers and labor market […] Read more »
Author Cash and Safety Net Library Melissa Johnson Policy Areas Reports Georgians with Disabilities Miss Out on $92 Million in Federal Grants October 10, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Melissa Johnson As the number of Georgians with disabilities grew over the last four years, funding that could have helped prepare them for employment decreased. Drastic cuts to state investment in specialized job training, counseling and other vocational rehabilitation led Georgia to leave $92 million in federal funding on the table, enough to serve roughly 28,000 more […] Read more »
Author Library Presentations Wesley Tharpe Senate Fair Tax Study Committee September 26, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Presentation: Wesley Tharpe, Policy Analyst, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute September 20, 2013 | State Senate Chambers, Georgia Capitol Download the presentation. Read more »
