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State of Working Georgia: 2020 COVID Crisis Year-End Review
Key Takeaways: Over 4.1 million Georgians have filed for unemployment benefits since the COVID pandemic began. Black Georgians ...
2021 Policy Priorities
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s goal is to shine a light on people-first policies that help all ...
Georgia Can Create a State-Level EITC to Improve Infant Health
Georgia has the potential to be a great place to live and raise a family, but right now ...
New Poll Shows Georgians Support People-First Policies
GBPI launched People-Powered Prosperity (PPP) in 2018 with a foundational research report that laid out policies Georgia lawmakers ...
The Future of People-Powered Prosperity
The People-Powered Prosperity (PPP) campaign details a vision where all Georgians can prosper—and outlines options to responsibly fund ...
Worker Power Key to a Better Balance in Georgia
CW: To highlight the racist roots of right-to-work laws, this piece quotes racist statements proponents of the policy ...
Difficult Choices Made Worse by Budget Cuts: Results from GBPI’s 2020 School District Survey
Each year, the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute sends a survey to every public school superintendent ...
COVID-19 Has Exacerbated the Inequities Inherent in Incarceration
Key Takeaways: Prior to the pandemic, the GDC population was rising, leaving those within densely populated ...
Beyond the Unemployment Rate: You Can’t Tell the Whole Truth with Half of the Data
Key Takeaways: The unemployment rate, labor force participation rate (LFPR), employment to population rate (EPOP) and underemployment rate ...
The Impact of Racism on Georgia’s Safety Net
CW: To highlight the problematic narratives surrounding safety net programs, this piece quotes racist statements opponents of these ...
Georgians Need Congress to Prioritize Bipartisan Relief Package
Georgians have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Infection ...
GBPI Writes Senator Perdue About the HEROES Act
GBPI recently wrote the following letter to Senators Perdue and Loeffler asking them to support the HEROES act ...
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