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Labor Day 2025: State Complacency and Federal Decisions Threaten Workers’ Economic Security

Georgia is often cited as “no. 1 for business,” but developments in 2025 underscore the state’s history of ...
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Beyond Flexible Funding: TANF Can Help Support Families with Emergency Assistance in the Face of Federal Cuts

Strong and financially stable families are essential to a thriving Georgia. How Georgia’s state leaders use the Temporary ...
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Georgia’s Public Schools Could Lose Funding and College Students Could Lose Financing Options in New Federal Law

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Georgians could see hospital closures and reduced health coverage due to Medicaid changes in New Federal Law

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Unprecedented Cuts to SNAP in New Federal Law Could Lead to Georgia Seeing Significant Increases in Food Insecurity and Hunger

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Georgians Will Face Cuts to Core Programs and Higher Federal Debt to Finance Reduced Taxes for Top Earners in New Federal Law

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Our Comment on the National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Information Database

On July 21, 2025, GBPI’s President and CEO, Staci Fox, submitted the following formal comment to the U.S. ...
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Historic Federal Tax Shift Benefits Wealthiest, Grows Deficit and Exacerbates Georgia’s Rural Challenges

The role of government in society is to enact policies that are needed to advance towards economic justice. ...
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Georgia Health Primer for State Fiscal Year 2026

Read More of the 2026 Budget Primer here.  Georgia’s 2026 Health Budget The Departments of Behavioral Health and ...
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Georgia Economic Justice Primer for State Fiscal Year 2026

Read More of the 2026 Budget Primer here.  The Georgia Department of Labor FY 2026 Budget The Georgia ...
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Georgia Education Primer for State Fiscal Year 2026

Read More of the 2026 Budget Primer here.  The Department of Early Care and Learning FY 2026 Budget ...
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Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2026

Read More of the 2026 Budget Primer here.  As Georgia Awaits Potential Federal Changes, Opportunities Abound on Horizon ...

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2026 Budget Primer Released

The Georgia Budget Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. It outlines Georgia’s budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems. This year we are taking special care to describe how federal funding contributes to Georgia’s budget.

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