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Workforce Legislation Can Increase Economic Opportunity in Georgia
The state is working on a new plan to better leverage federal resources to provide training and ...
Thanksgiving Greetings
This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for your continued support and commitment.
GBPI Announces New Board Members
Four new members recently joined the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Board of Directors, the guiding group that ...
Georgia Misses Opportunity to Improve Child Care
Georgia is one of 16 states where families are worse off because of its child care policies, according ...
Education Reform Commission Threatens to Cement in $421 Million Cut
Hover your mouse over the map to view information for each school district. See how we calculated these numbers ...
Georgia Shifts Cost to Bus Schoolchildren to Local Districts
Every day across Georgia school buses carry students safely to and from school. This is an essential service, ...
Healthier State Revenues Provide Opportunities
The welcome news is state tax revenues are up about 9.4 percent during the first three months of ...
So Many Georgians Struggle, but it Doesn’t Have to be That Way
For the last 15 years or so, I’ve peered out across many crowded rooms filled to capacity with ...
Pro-Worker Credits in Jeopardy this Labor Day
The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894 to honor the contributions workers make every ...
Pending TANF Changes Could Send Georgia Budget Writers Scrambling
Pending changes to a federal work-development and safety-net program that relies on state contributions could create a shortfall ...
A Time-Tested Tax Tool to Grow Georgia’s Middle Class
Too many Georgians today work hard and play by the rules but fail to get ahead. Incomes are ...
Educating Adults Critical to Georgia’s Success
School is starting this week for many Georgia children but education ended much too soon for many of ...
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