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Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2019
Introduction Georgia plans to spend $26.2 billion in state funds raised through taxes and fees for the 2019 ...
Supreme Court’s Online Sales Tax Decision Provides Georgia a Welcome Boost
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a decision this month that puts brick-and-mortar businesses on a more level playing ...
Georgia Budget Primer 2019
Click on the links below to learn about different policy areas of the 2019 budget. State Budget K-12 ...
Food Assistance Helps Promote a Healthy Georgia
About 1.7 million Georgians receive help to put meals on the table through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...
Overlooked Colleges Often a Springboard to Middle Class and Beyond
You might be familiar with college rankings, like the well-known list U.S. News and World Report compiles. Each ...
GBPI’s 2017-2018 Milestones and Highlights
During Georgia’s 2017-2018 legislative cycle and throughout the months between those two sessions, the growing GBPI team improved ...
Proposed Rule Change Threatens Legal Immigrants, U.S.-Born Children
The Trump administration appears likely to propose a change to longstanding immigration rules that could lead immigrants lawfully ...
State Child Care Plan Makes Headway for Student Parents, Access Remains Restricted
Georgia officials are considering a plan for child care assistance that proposes improvements that can help families, but ...
Health, Entrepreneurship, and Child Care Among Top Priorities for Georgia Women
Millions of moms graduate from college every year. Women-owned Georgia businesses generate millions of dollars in revenue and ...
Rome Listening Tour Provides Earful on Community Mental Health Problems
Talk to people around Rome, Ga. for a while and the conversation often shifts to the lingering stresses ...
Food Assistance for 1.7 million Georgians at Risk in Federal Proposals
Lawmakers in Congress and the Trump administration are staging a multi-prong assault on the nation’s primary tool for ...
Lawmakers Slash Income Taxes, Approve Miscellaneous Tax Changes
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Session Recap 2018 Georgia legislators and Gov. Nathan Deal approved 11 tax measures ...
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