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Hold off Celebration for Modest State Revenue Growth
Georgia’s revenues are up 4.5 percent over the first 11 months of the 2014 fiscal year. Still, revenues ...
Georgia’s Rural Health System Needs Comprehensive Exam
Georgia’s recently appointed Rural Hospital Stabilization Committee will convene Monday, June 9 for the first time and it ...
Summer Nutrition Programs Need More Partners
Georgia summer nutrition programs served less than one in seven needy children in 2013, according to a new ...
Income Taxes Aren’t Driving Georgians to Change States
Georgia’s tax rates do not cause residents to pull up stakes and leave for nearby states with lower ...
State Shortchanges Public Schools Again
Georgia is underfunding public schools by $747 million in the 2015 fiscal year that starts July 1, continuing ...
Medicaid Expansion Still Georgia’s Best Way to Bridge Coverage Gap
As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on May 11, 2014 A quick scan of recent headlines could leave ...
Up to 700 Georgia Schools Offered New Option to Combat Child Hunger
About one-third of Georgia schools can now participate in the second year of a new federal program designed ...
New Brief: Slow-Growth Stalls Georgia Economy
Georgia continues to face serious economic challenges more than four years since the start of the national recovery, ...
Rising Tuition and Shrinking HOPE Squeeze College Students
Georgia is home to the seventh largest tuition increase in the nation between 2008 and 2014, according to ...
Time Running Short to Sponsor Summer Food Program for Children
Next week in College Park, the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning will conduct its last training ...
Radical Tax Policies in Kansas Offer Georgia a Cautionary Tale
Trimming Georgia’s income tax rate is a hot topic of late and will likely be debated during the ...
Needy Georgians may go hungry
As published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on April 18, 2014. The state’s chronic underfunding of its human ...
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