Blogs
Provisions in the American Families Plan
Caitlin Highland
May 11, 2021
President Joe Biden recently unveiled his American Families Plan, which, along with his American Jobs Plan, form the ...
State of Working Georgia: Pandemic Job Numbers Are Improving, But Inequitably
Ray Khalfani
April 20, 2021
Key Takeaways: Nearly 60 percent of Georgia’s pre-pandemic labor force have turned to the unemployment safety net at ...
PRESS RELEASE: GBPI Announces Dominique Derbigny Sims as New Senior Vice President
Caitlin Highland
April 16, 2021
ATLANTA—Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute announced the hiring of Dominique Derbigny Sims as the new senior ...
What Happened With Fall Enrollment in Georgia’s Public Colleges and Universities?
Jennifer Lee
April 16, 2021
As Georgia’s public colleges and universities faced the fall semester with both the coronavirus and an economic downturn, ...
PRESS RELEASE: GBPI President and CEO Taifa Smith Butler Stepping Down to Lead Demos
Caitlin Highland
April 12, 2021
ATLANTA—Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) announced that, after nearly a decade at the organization, President and CEO Taifa Smith Butler ...
Sine Die 2021: Lawmakers Can Do More to Put People First
Caitlin Highland
March 31, 2021
The 2021 Legislative Session has officially ended. Much of the session was focused on efforts to undermine democracy ...
Senate Approves Changes to Fiscal Year 2022 Budget
Alex Welch
March 22, 2021
Update on 3/23: The Senate approved changes to House Bill 81 by a vote of 54-0. This budget ...
Colleges and Universities Can Support Student SNAP Access
Guest Contributor
March 10, 2021
This guest blog is co-authored by MK Anderson and Charles Bliss. Charles Bliss of Atlanta Legal Aid has ...
Crossover Day 2021: Lawmakers Approve Some People-First Measures, But More Needed
Caitlin Highland
March 9, 2021
Yesterday marked Crossover Day 2021, the day by which a bill generally must pass out of its legislative ...
House Appropriations Approves Changes to Fiscal Year 2022 Budget
Alex Welch
March 4, 2021
This morning, the House Committee on Appropriations approved changes to House Bill 81, the proposal for Georgia’s Fiscal ...
Delayed and Denied: Modernization Needed at Georgia DOL to Support Georgia Workers and Economy
Alex Camardelle
February 26, 2021
This blog has been co-authored by Alex Camardelle, Senior Policy Analyst of GBPI and Shannan Reaze, ...
Expand Medicaid Fully; Reject Risky and Expensive State Plan
Laura Harker
February 17, 2021
Key Takeaways: The federal Medicaid agency is starting the process of revoking the work requirement on Georgia’s Medicaid ...

