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Recent releases
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GBPI Releases Analysis of FY 2013 Budget: PK-12 and Higher Education
+ Full Article: GBPI Releases Analysis of FY 2013 Budget: PK-12 and Higher EducationFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Atlanta–Funding for Georgia’s schools and colleges are at the lowest levels in a decade according to two new education budget analyses released today by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI). Despite modest increases in funding for education for Fiscal Year 2013, the state still faces a long road to restoring a…
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Those Paying the Most Into HOPE Get Back the Least
+ Full Article: Those Paying the Most Into HOPE Get Back the LeastFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – Households in counties with the lowest median incomes receive a smaller share of HOPE college assistance than households in counties with the highest median incomes, even though they contribute more to Lottery proceeds that fund the program, according to a report released today by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute…
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Report: Georgia Taxes Working-Poor Further Into Poverty
+ Full Article: Report: Georgia Taxes Working-Poor Further Into PovertyFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA (April 4, 2012) – While most other states exempt working-poor families from the income tax, Georgia is one of a small number of states that continue to levy an income tax on working families living in poverty. By reducing state income taxes for working-poor families, Georgia could help these families work…
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New Health Care Law Good for Georgians and Their Wallets
+ Full Article: New Health Care Law Good for Georgians and Their WalletsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GBPI releases new policy report on the Affordable Care Act. Media interviews with Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney are welcomed. ATLANTA (March 27, 2012) – National health care reform is expanding access to health care coverage for thousands of Georgians, particularly young adults and people previously denied coverage because of pre-existing…
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Hope on a Tightrope
+ Full Article: Hope on a TightropeFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA (February 7, 2012) – The lottery funding model is broken. HOPE Program expenditures outpace lottery revenues and are expected to increase while lottery revenue growth is expected to flatten. The Georgia Student Finance Commission projects that the HOPE Program will run a deficit of $163 million by FY 2016, which may…
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Release of Budget Reports (Health)
+ Full Article: Release of Budget Reports (Health)FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – According to the report, the governor’s budget recommendations for FY 2013 increase state General Funds to the Department of Community Health (DCH); however, the increase is misleading. The bulk of the new funding restores funding originally diverted from the DCH budget in FY 2011 and FY 2012. Excluding the restored…
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Release of Budget Reports (Overview, Education, HB 718)
+ Full Article: Release of Budget Reports (Overview, Education, HB 718)FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) today released its overview of the Governor’s FY 2013 budget as well as analysis of the PK-12 and Higher Education budgets. For the first time in several years, there are no dramatic cuts in the governor’s budget recommendations; however, many state agencies are facing additional two-percent…
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Media Advisory – 2012 Policy Conference
+ Full Article: Media Advisory – 2012 Policy ConferenceFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA (January 17, 2012) – On Friday, Jan. 20, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute will host its 2012 policy conference, Creating the Environment for Growth: Solutions that Move Georgia Forward at the Loudermillk Center in Atlanta, GA. Conference attendees will hear from GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig as he discusses Georgia’s fiscal…
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New GBPI Report – CAPCO: A Bad Investment for Georgia
+ Full Article: New GBPI Report – CAPCO: A Bad Investment for GeorgiaFor Immediate Release ATLANTA (January 10, 2012) – According to the new report, CAPCO: a Bad Investment for Georgia, released today by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI), dismissing CAPCO is a necessary first step toward developing reasonable “venture capital policy” in Georgia. Many Georgia policymakers and business leaders contend the state has a…
