Blogs
Georgia’s Employment: Small Steps Out of Deep Hole
Wesley Tharpe
April 25, 2013
Georgia’s economy is heading in the right direction but still faces an uphill climb to emerge from the ...
Georgia’s College Students Squeezed Again
Claire Suggs
April 25, 2013
It just got tougher for Georgia’s students to afford college. Last week the Board of Regents of the ...
Georgia Omits Critical Part of Common Core: Educators
Claire Suggs
April 19, 2013
Georgia is rolling out ambitious new standards for student performance in K-12, but is skimping on needed comprehensive ...
Georgia Shouldn’t Shift Aid to Families to Nonprofits
Melissa Johnson
April 18, 2013
To expand Georgia’s economy, the state should reassess the way it allocates resources. For the last few years, ...
Medicaid Funding Shortfall Still Looms
Timothy Sweeney
April 8, 2013
The General Assembly renewed the state’s hospital provider fee to fund Medicaid in the early weeks of the ...
Georgia Expands Use of Subsidies in New Budget
Wesley Tharpe
April 8, 2013
The 2014 budget passed by the General Assembly keeps most of Georgia’s economic development spending unchanged from Gov. ...
State Budget Leaves Needs of Many Unmet
Melissa Johnson
April 8, 2013
The Georgia Legislature approved a 2014 budget March 28 for the Department of Human Services that is an ...
If Tax Money is used for Venture Capital, “Invest Georgia” is the Right Way
Wesley Tharpe
April 2, 2013
Although reasonable people can disagree about whether supporting private companies is a proper role for the state, a ...
GBPI Shapes the Conversation
Alan Essig
April 2, 2013
When the General Assembly is in session we find extra energy to make sure GBPI policy analysis reaches ...
Don’t Expand Private School Scholarship Tax Credit Program Until Effectiveness is Proven
Claire Suggs
March 25, 2013
Why should Georgia divert more taxpayer money to support private school scholarships when the public has no idea ...
Medicaid Expansion Holds Promise of Health Care for Georgia Veterans
Timothy Sweeney
March 20, 2013
If you’re like most people, you probably assume that anyone who served honorably in the United States military ...
Student Higher Ed Costs Soar as State Funding Drops
Claire Suggs
March 19, 2013
Georgia is investing far less in higher education today than it was five years ago, according to a ...