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Georgia Legislative Session Update: Crossover Day Recap

This week lawmakers hit a legislative session milestone. Thursday, March 7 marked Crossover Day, the day a bill ...
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Dual Enrollment Explained

Georgia’s Dual Enrollment program allows high school students, grades 9 through 12, to enroll in college courses and ...
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Women, wages, wealth, health: Power at the polls must translate to policy change

As published in SaportaReport on Sunday, February 24, 2019 During the 2018 elections, a record number of women ...
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Senate Bill 106: Medicaid Waivers Could Reshape Georgia’s Health Care System & State Budget

Last week, Georgia leaders announced an unprecedented plan to seek federal waivers that could extend health care access ...
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Opinion: Ga.’s start to expand healthcare access needs work

As published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sunday, February 17, 2019 Georgia lawmakers appear poised to take action ...
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Changes in Charter School Funding Explained

The enactment of House Bill 787 on July 1, 2018 guaranteed state charter schools additional funding to make ...
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EITC helps working families succeed

GBPI Guest Blog A proven policy to help working families succeed in Georgia by Keeva Kase, President & ...
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Annual Policy Conference Kicks Off GBPI 15th Anniversary

Hundreds Attend Insights 2019: 15 Forward for Information on Budget, Legislation and More The Georgia Budget & Policy ...

Analyzing the Numbers on the Proposed Teacher Pay Raise

What is the cost of the proposed teacher pay raise? Gov. Kemp proposed a $5,000 raise for all ...
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Georgia Women’s Lobby Day 2019

In 2018, women all over the country – including here in Georgia – turned out in record numbers ...

Committed to a People-First Vision and Ready for What’s Next

Our 2018 Highlights that Mattered to You Most Can I speak my truth for a minute? Leading a ...
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GBPI’s Most Read of 2018

This year, GBPI.org set organizational records for pageviews and visitors as we covered everything from our annual budget ...

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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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