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Georgia Tax Breaks Don’t Deliver

    This policy report is coauthored by Danny Kanso, Senior Tax & Budget Policy Analyst & Alex ...
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Delayed and Denied: Modernization Needed at Georgia DOL to Support Georgia Workers and Economy

    This blog has been co-authored by Alex Camardelle, Senior Policy Analyst of GBPI and Shannan Reaze, ...
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Georgia Needs a Three-Pronged Approach to Funding Long-Term COVID Relief

    Compared to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget, which was approved before the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia’s ...
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Expand Medicaid Fully; Reject Risky and Expensive State Plan

Key Takeaways: The federal Medicaid agency is starting the process of revoking the work requirement on Georgia’s Medicaid ...
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Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

    Gov. Brian Kemp’s fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget proposal increases funding for the Department of Behavioral ...
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Modernizing Cash Aid for Thousands of Georgia Children in Deep Poverty | Bill Analysis: HB 91 (LC 33 8469)

Introduction The only program in Georgia that is available to provide direct cash assistance to children in deep ...
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Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections

    For Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.12 billion budget for the Georgia ...
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Testimony on Senate Bill 47

Dear Chairman Payne and Members of the Georgia Senate Committee on Education and Youth:  By way of introduction my name is Stephen Owens, and ...
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Casino Gambling is Wrong for Georgia

    Co-authored by Jennifer Lee, senior policy analyst for higher education Casino gambling is not a stable, ...
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Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Public Health

    Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2022 budget of $269.8 million in state general funds for the ...
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Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health

    Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2022 budget of $3.48 billion in state general funds for the ...
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Take Action: Your Democracy, Your Dollars

The steep budget cuts currently enacted in Georgia are keeping families from being able to recover from the ...

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