The governor’s proposed 2016 budget directs $2.45 billion to the Department of Community Health, not including money for agencies attached for administrative purposes. That is a $27.8 million decline from the 2015 budget approved last spring. The department operates nine programs, although more than 96 percent of general fund spending, or about $2.36 billion, is for health care services for Medicaid and PeachCare patients. Download the full report.

GBPI Comment to Improve Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States
By notice issued on 7/2/25, the Department of Labor (DOL, henceforth “the Department”) has published