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Advancing Georgia’s 1930s Tax System to the Modern Day
Jessica Woods
August 25, 2010
The report offers recommendations to the 2010 Tax Reform Council that stress a workable combination of raising enough ...
Georgia Once Again Faces Budget Shortfall: Gov Orders Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in More Cuts
Jessica Woods
July 27, 2010
As the state begins its 2011 fiscal year it is facing another potential budget shortfall of approx $500 ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2010: Gov Vetoes Revenue Drains, but Signs Law to Raise Taxes on Poor
Jessica Woods
July 26, 2010
The General Assembly passed bills to raise $438 million and improve tax collections during the recent legislative session, ...
State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011
Jessica Woods
June 24, 2010
Georgia has 13.7% cumulatively less TANF funds than it had to use for families struggling to make ends ...
Lawmakers Protect Medicaid, Funding Gaps Loom for 2012: Analysis of FY 2011 Health Care Budgets
Jessica Woods
June 21, 2010
Lawmakers cut Department of Community Health by $236.8 million and increased support for the Department of Behavioral Health ...
Deep Cuts to Government Mark Fiscal Year 2011, Budget May Yet Be in the Red
Jessica Woods
June 16, 2010
The Great Recession has resulted in the worst fiscal crisis in more than 70 years, resulting in multi-billion ...
State Budget Slashes Services for Children, Poor, and the Elderly
Jessica Woods
June 15, 2010
Responding to Georgia’s low projected revenues for this upcoming fiscal year, Georgia legislators and the governor agreed to ...
Georgia is Depending on Congress to Avert a Medicaid Crisis
Jessica Woods
June 9, 2010
Georgia’s new budget assumes Recovery Act Medicaid funds will be extended past Dec. 31, when it is expires. ...
Education Budgets FY 2011 Highlights … And the Four Options for the Future
Jessica Woods
May 25, 2010
In response to continued revenue declines and limited new revenue measures, lawmakers cut education — K-12, University System, ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: House and Senate Improve Short-Term Fiances, but Pass Revenue Drains on Future Budgets
Jessica Woods
May 17, 2010
The General Assembly took some positive steps to address the $5 billion deficit. However, they continued passing long-term ...
Major Differences Between House and Senate Fiscal Year 2011 Budgets
Jessica Woods
April 22, 2010
Both the House and Senate largely kept the governor’s cuts for this current fiscal year and what he ...
House Bill 1198 Eliminates $21 Million in Tax Credits for 1 Million of the Poorest Georgians
Jessica Woods
April 22, 2010
This report documents the Senate’s amendment to a house bill that raises taxes on the poorest during this ...
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