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Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: More than $600 Million Owed to the Federal Government

Georgia currently has an insolvent unemployment trust fund. This policy brief examines what payments are due in 2011 ...

Additional Adjustment Options to Improve Fairness in the Tax Recommendations

This policy brief provides four additional adjustment options for improving equity in the recommendations from the Special Council ...
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Senate Resolution 20: What a Tax and Expenditure Limitation Would Mean for Georgia

This report looks at Senate Resolution 20, which limits spending growth by setting a cap on the amount ...
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Healthcare 2010 and Beyond: A Symposium Exploring the Health Care Law and What it Means for Georgia

In 2010, as part of a joint effort, the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute participated in a statewide ...
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Governor’s FY 2012 Education Budget Proposals: The Cuts Continue

Highlights of the FY 2012 budgets for the Department of Education, Board of Regents, Technical College System of ...
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Almost There…Tax Recommendations Improve Finances, but Shift Taxes

Although the Tax Council’s recommendations would improve Georgia’s ability to meet current and future needs, they would do ...
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The Governor’s FY 2012 Budget: Have We Hit the Bottom?

An overview of the Governor’s FY 2012 budget. Download the PDF.
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Human Services is ‘Down to the Bone’: Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2012 DHS Budget

Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2012 Department of Human Services Budget. Download the PDF.   Related Materials: Three ...
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Governor’s Proposed Health Budgets

Highlights of the FY 2012 budgets for the Department of Community Health and Department of Behavioral Health & ...
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Income Tax Evens Out the Burden for Families

One of the largest questions for tax reform is “Who pays?” A dramatic shift from income to sales ...
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Race to the Top Initiative Aims to Improve K-12 Education in Georgia

Over the next four years, the Georgia Department of Education and 26 local education agencies will invest nearly ...
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New Proposed State Fund Cuts Could Cost Georgia Millions in Federal Funds

Proposed state fund cuts for the Department of Human Services current budget and FY 2012 budget could prevent ...

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