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Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs

    Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2023 budget includes $1.4 billion for Georgia’s lottery-funded pre-Kindergarten and HOPE financial ...
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Fact Sheet: Sports Betting

    Co-authored by Danny Kanso, Senior Policy Analyst for Budget & Taxes As of January 2022, 31 ...
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4 Ways Georgia Lawmakers Can Make College More Affordable in 2022

In 2022, Georgia lawmakers can follow through on initiatives begun last year to invest in college affordability and ...
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Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education

    Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed 2023 budget allocates $3.1 billion for the Board of Regents and $439 ...
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Overview of Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget

    Powered by unprecedented federal support to mitigate the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Kemp’s ...
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Resources on Need-Based Aid

Current Status: Georgia is one of only two states that does not operate a need-based financial aid program. ...
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State of Education Funding (2022)

This report offers an assessment of the state of education funding in Georgia by analyzing how it compares ...
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Over-Represented Among the Vulnerable, Under-Protected In the Pandemic: Georgia Immigrants Deserve Better

As the pandemic continues, one glaring outcome has been increased disparities between certain groups. During the beginning of ...
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Unjust Revenue from an Imbalanced Criminal Legal System: How Georgia’s Fines and Fees Worsen Racial Inequity

Key Takeaways: Georgia’s poor governance of fines and fees revenue practices has allowed many economically underperforming localities to ...
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2022 Policy Priorities

The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s goal is to shine a light on people-first policies that help all ...
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Sponsorship Opportunities for Insights 2022

About Insights is the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s signature annual event. In an effort to minimize health ...
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Georgia Can Afford to Begin to Modernize TANF and Move Past Its Racist Legacy

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the cash assistance program to families with children and with very low ...

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