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Labor Day 2022: Georgia’s Correctional Control and Carceral Abuse Hurt All Workers
Despite strides to improve the employment prospects of Georgians who have contact with the criminal legal system, state ...
Cash Supports Should be Integrated into the Maternal-Infant Health Policy Agenda
GBPI would like to thank Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia for their thoughtful review of this ...
Georgia’s Abortion Ban Threatens Violence and Economic Insecurity for Black Women
Georgia’s history is fraught with violence against Black women. Deriving from the painful origins of slavery, where Black ...
Three Ways to Fix Georgia Education Funding
Five Georgia senators will meet over the next few months to review education funding mechanisms as a part ...
With Record Surplus, Georgia Stands at a Crossroads Ahead of Pivotal Budget Session
Last month, Georgia’s Department of Revenue released its report of unaudited tax collections for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, ...
A Quick Summary of Key Safety Net Programs in Georgia
News stories and online commentary have noted that states with bans on abortion also lack strong social and ...
How to Support Georgia’s Schools Post-Roe
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down Roe v. Wade has left states to decide limits on abortion ...
World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month: How Welcoming is Georgia?
Over the past year or so, Georgians have grown increasingly aware of the challenges faced by refugees resettling ...
Opioid Settlement Funding Presents Opportunity to Address Georgia’s Drug Overdose Epidemic
Georgia has the opportunity to tap into millions of dollars to address the drug overdose crisis thanks to ...
Ending P-SNAP Harms Georgians
Amid the high cost of food and a baby formula shortage pushing up prices for a critical source ...
State of Working Georgia: Pandemic Job Numbers Show Ongoing Progress at the Surface, but Inequities Persist Below
Key Takeaways While March 2022 marked record low unemployment in Georgia at 3.1 percent, underlying inequities persist, as ...
GBPI submits public comments to narrow and clarify the public charge rule
Crystal Muñoz, Immigration Policy Analyst, also contributed to the comments. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) believes ...
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