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Efforts Advance to Put More Health Care Providers in Reach of Georgians
We want all people to be in good health and have access to the health care services they ...
Women Mean Business: State Strategies to Close the Women’s Wealth Divide Through Entrepreneurship in Georgia
Georgia ranks second in the nation for the growth of women-owned businesses.[1] Women own about 40 percent of ...
Extending In-State Tuition to “Dreamers” Creates Opportunity for Georgia
Marisol Estrada decided to attend Armstrong State, now part of Georgia Southern University, because it was in her ...
Guest Blog: A Georgia Work Credit Works for Georgia
To mark Tax Day, Step Up Savannah Financial Security Director Danielle Breidung explains how tax policy can help ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Sine Die 2019
During the 2019 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly approved 28 tax bills. Lawmakers will wait until next ...
A Half-Billion Steps in the Right Direction for Public Schools
In the 2019 legislative session Georgia lawmakers committed more than half a billion dollars to increase pay for ...
Georgia’s FY 2020 Budget: Majority of New Spending Dedicated to $530 Million Teacher Pay Raise
Georgia lawmakers gave final passage to the state’s $27.5 billion budget for the 2020 fiscal year, beginning July ...
Sine Die 2019: Progress and Missed Opportunities for a People-First Agenda
The first legislative session under Gov. Brian Kemp and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan ended on Tuesday, April 2. ...
Bills Set Stage to Divert Hundreds of Millions of Dollars From Public to Private Schools
March 28, 2019 Update – The original voucher expansion bill, SB 173, failed on the Senate floor before Crossover ...
Higher Education: Legislative and Budget Updates
The Senate Higher Education committee passed HB 218 and HB 444. HB 218 would extend the time that ...
Georgia Lawmakers Should Renew Their Commitment to Student Transportation
In House Bill 31, the state of Georgia continues a pattern of shortchanging pupil transportation that triggers safety ...
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