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Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs
Funding for Pre-Kindergarten and HOPE Falls Short of Students’ Needs The governor’s proposed $948 million budget for the state’s lottery-funded…
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Overview: Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Human Services Budget
Strategic Additions Made to DHS Budget; Service Cuts Since Recession Retained The governor’s $516.1 million budget proposal for the 2015…
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Overview of Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Budget
The $20.8 billion budget proposed for Georgia’s 2015 fiscal year projects general fund revenue growth of 4.3 percent, or $807…
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New State Budget Plan Takes Small Steps to Repair Damage from Years of Cuts
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Wednesday unveiled a state budget for the 2015 fiscal year that includes $807 million in new…
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Tax Shift Plans Front and Center at GBPI’s Jan. 8 Policy Conference
Georgia’s tax system has needed a tune up for years. But brewing plans for a drastic overhaul threaten to do…
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Tax Shift Could Hit Most Georgia Seniors with a Tax Increase
Plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining traction in…
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Tax Shift Proposals Would Hurt Georgia Schools
Plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining traction in…
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Georgia should tally cost, benefit of business tax breaks
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig says the state should take a more business-like approach to…
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Tax Foundation Report is a Poor Guide for Tax Policy
Each year, the right-leaning Tax Foundation stirs up a slew of short-lived publicity by giving Georgia a mediocre ranking in…
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