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Tax Foundation’s Business Climate Rankings a Poor Guide for Lawmakers
By essentially any measure, Georgia is a low-tax, low-regulation, business-friendly state. So, why does Georgia’s business tax climate rank 34th…
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Tax Breaks and Economic Development Programs, Are We Getting Our Money’s Worth
Georgia is investing tens of millions of dollars in business tax incentives and subsidies without any idea as to the…
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Happy New Year? Congress to Decide Fate of Federal Unemployment Benefits
On December 31st, everyone will gather together to welcome in the New Year. Yet thousands of jobless Georgians worry today…
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Tough Choices Lay Ahead for General Assembly in 2012 Legislative Session
Vital state services may face further budget cuts. Most state agencies have seen their budgets cut by an average 14…
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Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency
Years of employer tax cuts left Georgia unprepared for a recession and high unemployment; now the state is borrowing $721…
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Georgia Establishes Stand-Alone Public Health Agency Beginning in FY 2012
The FY 2012 budget appropriates $186 million in state funding for the newly established Department of Public Health. The FY…
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Smaller Budgets Impact Higher Education
This fact sheet provides an overview of the FY 2012 budgets for the University System of Georgia and the Technical…
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Funding Cuts Affect HOPE Program
The FY 2012 budget allocates $650 million in total funding for programs that provide financial assistance for post-secondary education. The…
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Georgia’s Decreasing TANF Funds: An Overview of the FY 2012 Allocation of TANF Funds in Georgia
Georgia has less available federal and state Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funds for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) due…
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