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Georgia’s Employment: Small Steps Out of Deep Hole

Georgia’s economy is heading in the right direction but still faces an uphill climb to emerge from the ...
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Georgia’s College Students Squeezed Again

It just got tougher for Georgia’s students to afford college. Last week the Board of Regents of the ...
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Georgia Omits Critical Part of Common Core: Educators

Georgia is rolling out ambitious new standards for student performance in K-12, but is skimping on needed comprehensive ...
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Georgia Shouldn’t Shift Aid to Families to Nonprofits

To expand Georgia’s economy, the state should reassess the way it allocates resources. For the last few years, ...
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Medicaid Funding Shortfall Still Looms

The General Assembly renewed the state’s hospital provider fee to fund Medicaid in the early weeks of the ...
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Georgia Expands Use of Subsidies in New Budget

The 2014 budget passed by the General Assembly keeps most of Georgia’s economic development spending unchanged from Gov. ...
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State Budget Leaves Needs of Many Unmet

The Georgia Legislature approved a 2014 budget March 28 for the Department of Human Services that is an ...
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If Tax Money is used for Venture Capital, “Invest Georgia” is the Right Way

Although reasonable people can disagree about whether supporting private companies is a proper role for the state, a ...
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GBPI Shapes the Conversation

When the General Assembly is in session we find extra energy to make sure GBPI policy analysis reaches ...
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Don’t Expand Private School Scholarship Tax Credit Program Until Effectiveness is Proven

Why should Georgia divert more taxpayer money to support private school scholarships when the public has no idea ...
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Medicaid Expansion Holds Promise of Health Care for Georgia Veterans

If you’re like most people, you probably assume that anyone who served honorably in the United States military ...
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Student Higher Ed Costs Soar as State Funding Drops

Georgia is investing far less in higher education today than it was five years ago, according to a ...

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