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Abandoned-Facility Blog

Medicaid Redesign

Posted by Timothy Sweeney GBPI’s FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health underscored issues with the pending Medicaid redesign ...
Baby-Vaccine (1) Blog

Lawmakers Need to Head off Medicaid, PeachCare Funding Cut

Posted by Timothy Sweeney Georgians who depend on two key programs for health coverage are threatened by funding ...
Classroom-Elementary (1) Alan Essig

Opinion Editorial: Penny wise and pound foolish school budgets

The Columbus Ledger Enquirer Editorial Board cites research from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute in its recent ...
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Plan to Cut Medicaid Will Cost Georgia

Posted by Timothy Sweeney Georgia would lose billions of dollars and thousands of children, seniors and modest-income workers ...
ChildrenBrothers-696x464 Blog

Food Assistance for Georgians under Attack in Congress

Posted by Clare S. Richie Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to pass deep cuts to ...
Wallet-Pocket-696x464 Blog

Why Georgia Needs its Income Tax

With Georgia’s economy still lagging behind, state leaders are desperate for solutions. In recent years, some have called ...
GoldDome2 Blog

Getting Georgians’ Money Worth on Tax Expenditures

Posted by Wesley Tharpe Looking to grow their economies and create jobs, lawmakers across the country spend billions ...
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features GBPI Op-ed: Less HOPE for those who contribute larger share of their income to the lottery

As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted by Taifa Smith Butler Georgia’s commitment to graduate 250,000 more college ...
GoldDome2 Alan Essig

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features GBPI Op-ed: Shot at real reforms fumbled yet again

As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted by: Alan Essig As we look back at the 2012 legislative ...
ChildrenBrothers-696x464 Blog

Many Georgians Paying Taxes to their Boss

To hard-working Georgians, it may come as a surprise that the state taxes many of them pay on ...
Wallet-Pocket-696x464 Alan Essig

March Revenue Review: Revenue Growth Insufficient to Fund Reserves

In order to grow jobs and maintain a strong economy Georgia policy makers need to get Georgia’s fiscal ...
ChildrenBrothers-696x464 Alan Essig

New Report Shows That Texas’ Economic Model Is Not All It Seems

Some claim that Georgia’s public policies should emulate those of Texas; however, a review of the Texas economic ...

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