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Fast Facts on Student Access Loans
Student Access Loans (SAL), or Low-Interest Loans, are student loans funded by lottery dollars. The program ...
Sine Die 2020: More Work Needed to Address Georgia’s Revenue Crisis
After a three-month hiatus due to COVID-19, the 2020 legislative session ended Friday, June 26. When lawmakers returned in mid-June, the world had shifted. A ...
House and Senate Approve Georgia’s FY 2021 Budget
On Sine Die, the last day of the legislative session, the Georgia House and Senate approved the state’s Fiscal ...
Data on Police Spending in Georgia
Poverty alleviation efforts such as TANF, as well as investments in mental health, education and other critical programs, ...
DACA Will Continue to Protect More Than 20,000 Georgians
Key Takeaways: The Supreme Court ruled against ending the DACA program, which provides temporary relief from deportation to ...
Spread the Word: Raise Revenues for Georgia
Georgia is facing an economic and fiscal crisis that threatens the state’s ability to fund critically-needed programs and ...
Senate Passes FY 2021 Budget Proposal
The Georgia Senate Appropriations Committee met Wednesday morning to discuss changes to House Bill 793, which details the state’s ...
Keeping Pre-K Stable Helps Georgia Children and Parents
Key Takeaways Agency budget proposals for lottery-funded programs included no cuts to HOPE and $53 million in cuts ...
Raise Revenue to Protect Georgia Families
Dear Governor Kemp and Members of the Georgia General Assembly, Thank you for your work in service of ...
Tearing the Fabric of Georgia’s Safety Net Guarantees an Uneven Recovery
Key Points: The current COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic decline have underscored the problems of disinvestment in Georgia’s ...
Make Public Health a Priority in Georgia During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
The state of Georgia plans to spend about $4 billion in state funds on health care programs in ...
Standing with Black Lives
Amid the ongoing protests and demonstrations against police brutality, frustration over the deep and long-standing inequities in our ...
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