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Threats to Child Care Affordability Undermine Georgia’s Workforce
An income tax shift proposal released last week proposes to eliminate Georgia’s credit for child and dependent care, the ...
Georgia Falls to Second Worst Uninsured Rate in U.S.
Georgia fell further behind nearly all other states in ensuring access to health coverage for its residents in ...
Hopes for New Approach to Revenues Dampened by New Income Tax Plan
Are state lawmakers ready to have “the talk” about new revenue? After hearing state lawmakers dismiss anti-tax crusader ...
House Budget Squeezes Schools, Health Care Providers
The Georgia House of Representatives this week rearranged the state’s 2016 budget plan for education, health care and ...
Tossing More Than 20,000 Georgians off State Health Plan a Bad Remedy
Tossing non-certified school district workers who work less than 30 hours per week off the State Health Benefit ...
Lift Georgia’s Economy with a Higher Minimum Wage
This month I spoke to a state senate committee about the merits of Senate Bill 15, legislation that ...
Private School Subsidy Bill Promises Sticker Shock
Georgia lawmakers are sounding out a kinproposal to create Education Savings Accounts to allow parents of private and ...
Tax Swap Brings No Small Change
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed is featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; read full article here.
Georgia’s Planned 2016 Health Spending – Modest Changes, Big Challenges
The proposed 2016 state budget directs $3.6 billion from the general fund to Georgia’s three health care focused ...
Higher Class Sizes, Enrollment Drops Still a Drag on Lottery-funded Pre-K, HOPE Programs
The governor’s proposed $978 million budget for Georgia’s lottery funded programs in the 2016 fiscal year falls short ...
Swapping penny from schools, other state needs is not small change
As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Feb. 11, 2015. Some powerful Georgia lawmakers are floating a plan ...
Young and Old Georgians Still Vulnerable in 2016 Spending Plan
The good news is the governor’s proposed 2016 budget contains new state money to hire more child protective ...
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