Blogs
Georgia Health Coverage Rate Trails 47 States
Timothy Sweeney
August 8, 2014
Adults in Georgia are more likely to go without health coverage than people in all but two other ...
Keep Working Families Top of Mind for Georgia’s Future
Taifa Smith Butler
August 7, 2014
A worker who earned $32,000 to $58,000 a year when the recession hit in 2007 was much more ...
New GBPI Budget Primer Tells Story of Shortchanged Citizenry
Alan Essig
August 6, 2014
GBPI is proud today to publish the latest edition of our annual comprehensive analysis of the state’s financial ...
Uninsured Rates Fall in States Expanding Medicaid
Timothy Sweeney
July 25, 2014
States that take advantage of new federal money available to extend Medicaid coverage to more residents are seeing ...
Price to Get Top Business Climate Rank Could be Economic Inequality
Wesley Tharpe
July 24, 2014
When states like Georgia rate well as places to do business, the same factors used in those rankings ...
Georgia Gets an “F” for Failing Working Parents
Melissa Johnson
July 17, 2014
Georgia is failing its working moms and dads, according to a new report by the National Partnership for ...
Georgia’s Middle Class Workers Left Out of Recovery
Wesley Tharpe
July 17, 2014
Industries in Georgia that pay a middle-class wage fell furthest during the Great Recession but are faring the ...
Close Georgia’s Coverage Gap to Stabilize State’s Hospitals
Timothy Sweeney
July 10, 2014
States that expanded Medicaid eligibility to close their state’s coverage gap experienced substantial and nearly immediate reductions in ...
Teaching Pre-K Children Shouldn’t Require a Vow of Poverty
Claire Suggs
July 9, 2014
Pre-Kindergarten teachers are the reason children of all backgrounds across Georgia are better prepared to start school and ...
Starbucks’ Venti Plan to Advance Educational Opportunities
Taifa Smith Butler
June 20, 2014
This week Starbucks gave me new appreciation for corporations that value employees and show it in meaningful ways. ...
New Report: At the Bottom of a Broken Ladder
Melissa Johnson
June 19, 2014
Georgia could give its low income working families the chance to live better lives and contribute more to ...
Georgia College Graduates Start Life with Big Debt Burden
Claire Suggs
June 12, 2014
Student loan debt in Georgia is a growing burden for its college students, but state policymakers are not ...