Research

Budget-2019

Overview of Georgia’s 2019 Fiscal Year Budget

The $26 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2019 fiscal year starting July 1, ...
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Fast facts on Georgia’s coverage gap

Updated Jan 17, 2019 Georgia’s Health Coverage Gap State lawmakers can put an insurance card in the pockets of ...
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People Powered Prosperity: An Investment Plan to Unlock Georgia’s Economic Potential

Georgia today fails to fully leverage the state’s most powerful economic asset—its own people. The most successful, prosperous ...

People-Powered Prosperity: Endnotes and Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute thanks the many national organizations whose guidance, support and data were ...
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People-Powered Prosperity: Georgia Can Afford an Ambitious Investment in its People

To achieve broad-based prosperity, Georgia must adopt policies that bolster investments in communities and empower more people to ...
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People-Powered Prosperity: Thriving Families

When parents have money in their pockets to make ends meet and to save or invest in their ...
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People-Powered Prosperity: Healthy Communities

Part of building a strong economy that makes good use of everyone’s potential is ensuring people are healthy ...
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People-Powered Prosperity: Skilled Workers

Companies and entrepreneurs thrive when they can find workers with a rich set of skills. Support for higher ...
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People-Powered Prosperity: Educated Youth

For Georgia to grow a strong workforce and economy, the state needs a rock-solid foundation. That starts with ...
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People-Powered Prosperity Background: Georgia’s People Hold Untapped Value

Any case for where a state needs to go must begin with a story of where it is, ...
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Help Rural Georgians’ Health and Pocketbook

Originally posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Lawmakers appear poised to try something new to help struggling communities in ...
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Governor’s Vision for Georgia Omits Help for Struggling Health Care System

Gov. Nathan Deal delivered his final state of the state remarks yesterday without addressing Georgia’s growing rural health ...

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GBPI is committed to tracking how the state of Georgia raises and spends fiscal resources. As the federal government has promised and provided some of these, cuts to programs and funding on the federal level could have deep and lasting impacts on Georgians and on the state’s ability to meet the needs of all its residents. 

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