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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Rome Stop on GBPI Listening Tour Highlights Need for Workforce Training, Health Care Access

On a beautiful spring morning in the northwest foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a group of community leaders ...
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Proposed Farm Bill Creates Steep Federal Barriers to Food Assistance

Congress is poised to put the nutritional health and economic vitality of hundreds of thousands of Georgians at ...
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New State Budget Marks Progress, Leaves Important Work Undone

Georgia’s new annual budget signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal last week marks a positive step forward ...
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Tireless Effort Culminates in Full Funding for Schools

One of GBPI’s key goals is to ensure all Georgia students get the chance to attend great public ...
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A Health Insurance Card in Every Georgian’s Pocket

Thousands of Georgians are stuck without any affordable options for health insurance because state leaders repeatedly reject billions ...
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Helping Students Navigate Financial Aid Forms Offers Georgia Big Return

Janai Raphael’s job as a college advisor at Maynard Jackson High School in Atlanta often means she plays ...
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A Reflection: The Poor People’s Campaign and Dr. King’s Economic Vision

By Charles Johnson, GBPI Board Member and General Counsel, VP of External Affairs for Tuskegee University Much attention ...
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Shifting Public Funds to Private Schools: High Costs, Poor Track Record

Georgia lawmakers created multiple pathways to shift public funds to private schools in recent years. These schemes risk ...

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