The $23.7 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2017 fiscal year represents a high water mark for state spending in a single year. The governor proposes a $1.9 billion increase in total state spending compared to the 2016 budget, but only returns overall state spending to pre-recession levels measured on a per-capita basis. While the overall increase in dollars appears dramatic, more than 40 percent of the growth comes from a transportation funding overhaul passed during the 2015 legislative session. Read the full report.
GBPI’s 2023 Farm Bill Recommendations to Improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Ife Finch Floyd
September 25, 2023
No one should go hungry simply because they cannot afford the cost of
