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Medicaid is Now an Even Better Deal for Georgia

    Georgia’s pending Medicaid waiver plan partially expands Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes below the poverty ...
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Partner Spotlight: The Atlanta Community Food Bank

GBPI has worked with the Atlanta Community Food Bank on critical issues like a state earned-income tax credit ...
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Costly Corporate Tax Break Package Would Give Millions to Wealthy Corporations | Bill Analysis: House Bill 587 (LC 43 1970S)

    This bill analysis was co-authored by Danny Kanso, tax and budget senior policy analyst and Dustin ...
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Colleges and Universities Can Support Student SNAP Access

This guest blog is co-authored by MK Anderson and Charles Bliss. Charles Bliss of Atlanta Legal Aid has ...
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Crossover Day 2021: Lawmakers Approve Some People-First Measures, But More Needed

Yesterday marked Crossover Day 2021, the day by which a bill generally must pass out of its legislative ...
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School Vouchers: Myth vs. Fact

Debates around school funding and the best use of public dollars are rife with confusion. Discussion around school ...
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House Appropriations Approves Changes to Fiscal Year 2022 Budget

This morning, the House Committee on Appropriations approved changes to House Bill 81, the proposal for Georgia’s Fiscal ...
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Letter Urges Governor to Restore Budget Cuts, Deploy Revenue Shortfall Reserve

    Dear Governor Kemp, The proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 includes $1.2 billion in continued ...
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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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