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Medicaid Redesign
Timothy Sweeney
May 31, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney GBPI’s FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health underscored issues with the pending Medicaid redesign ...
Lawmakers Need to Head off Medicaid, PeachCare Funding Cut
Timothy Sweeney
May 25, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Georgians who depend on two key programs for health coverage are threatened by funding ...
Opinion Editorial: Penny wise and pound foolish school budgets
GBPI Admin
May 22, 2012
The Columbus Ledger Enquirer Editorial Board cites research from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute in its recent ...
Plan to Cut Medicaid Will Cost Georgia
Timothy Sweeney
May 10, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Georgia would lose billions of dollars and thousands of children, seniors and modest-income workers ...
Food Assistance for Georgians under Attack in Congress
Clare Richie
May 3, 2012
Posted by Clare S. Richie Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to pass deep cuts to ...
Why Georgia Needs its Income Tax
GBPI Admin
April 25, 2012
With Georgia’s economy still lagging behind, state leaders are desperate for solutions. In recent years, some have called ...
Getting Georgians’ Money Worth on Tax Expenditures
Wesley Tharpe
April 19, 2012
Posted by Wesley Tharpe Looking to grow their economies and create jobs, lawmakers across the country spend billions ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features GBPI Op-ed: Less HOPE for those who contribute larger share of their income to the lottery
Taifa Smith Butler
April 16, 2012
As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted by Taifa Smith Butler Georgia’s commitment to graduate 250,000 more college ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features GBPI Op-ed: Shot at real reforms fumbled yet again
Alan Essig
April 14, 2012
As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted by: Alan Essig As we look back at the 2012 legislative ...
Many Georgians Paying Taxes to their Boss
Wesley Tharpe
April 12, 2012
To hard-working Georgians, it may come as a surprise that the state taxes many of them pay on ...
March Revenue Review: Revenue Growth Insufficient to Fund Reserves
Alan Essig
April 10, 2012
In order to grow jobs and maintain a strong economy Georgia policy makers need to get Georgia’s fiscal ...
New Report Shows That Texas’ Economic Model Is Not All It Seems
Alan Essig
April 5, 2012
Some claim that Georgia’s public policies should emulate those of Texas; however, a review of the Texas economic ...
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