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Georgia’s 2016 Human Services Budget Reflects GBPI Influence
Georgia lawmakers took steps in the just-ended legislative session to improve the lives of some of the state’s ...
Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda
A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item ...
Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda
A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item ...
GBPI Put its Stamp on 2015 Legislative Session
Georgia lawmakers left Atlanta early this month with significant accomplishments in hand and without approving some measures the ...
And Now it’s Time to Say Sine Die
As the 2015 legislative session comes to an end so does my time in Georgia. After 25 years ...
Time Runs Short to Boost Transparency, Parental Roles in Statewide School Plan
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposal to create a statewide Opportunity School District (OSD) to take over persistently low-performing schools ...
State Transportation Repair Plan Veers Off Course
As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on March 24, 2015 The bill lawmakers are pushing to answer Gov. ...
Increasing Access to Child Care Helps Georgia’s Women, State Economy
Guest blogger Kelly Dolan is executive director of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation At the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, we ...
Senate Transportation Bill Escalates Pain for Education, Other Needs
Georgia’s state senators could inflict more than twice the pain contemplated by their House counterparts if they move ...
Key Questions for House Members about Opportunity School District Plan
This week members of Georgia’s House are set to debate the merits of Gov. Nathan Deal’s plan to ...
Transportation Plan Takes Positive Turn, Has a Few Miles to Go
The Georgia House of Representatives passed House Bill 170 last week, legislation that could generate nearly $1 billion ...
Proposed Insurance Industry Tax Credit a $139 Million Budget Drain
A proposed new tax credit program that benefits insurance companies would cost Georgia an estimated $139 million in ...
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