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Georgia Voters Should Reject Tax Cap Constitutional Amendment
Next Tuesday, Nov. 4, Georgians will head to the polls to vote in what could be one of ...
Georgians Set to Vote on Income Tax Straitjacket
Georgians will vote November 4th whether to permanently enshrine the state’s top income tax rate of 6 percent ...
New GBPI Survey: Students Still Feel Budget Cuts’ Sting
Here is a status report on the state of education in Georgia, from someone who knows: “Delayed instructional ...
VIDEO: How GBPI Shows Georgia What’s Possible
At the Capitol, at PTA meetings and at community meetings across the state, GBPI’s experts make the case ...
Rising Inequality Makes Tax Shift Strategy Even Riskier
The widening gap between rich and poor makes it harder for state lawmakers to fully fund education, health ...
Taifa Butler: I Work at GBPI to Spotlight What’s Possible
This September marks my third anniversary as part of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) team. I’m ...
Georgia Set to Squander $7.8 Million on Food Stamps ID
Georgia’s Department of Human Services is asking the state to include $7.8 million in its 2016 budget to ...
How Squeezed is Your District?
The Schoolhouse Squeeze 2014 compiles the latest numbers to show how cuts at the state level and lost ...
Marriage Equality is Good for Business in Georgia
Creating marriage equality in Georgia is not just a matter of basic justice and fairness, but according to ...
Georgia Workers Deserve an Economy That Works for Them
Like many Georgians I grew up in a family hanging on tightly to the middle rungs of the ...
Making KIDS COUNT Every Year
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its ...
New Report: Georgia’s Medicaid Opposition to Cost $34 Billion
Georgia’s refusal to expand Medicaid to cover more than 500,000 uninsured people will cost the state’s health care ...
