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Georgia’s Tax Credit School Scholarship Program Lacks Accountability

Proposals to create school voucher programs, including tax credit scholarship programs, continue to pop up in a growing ...
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Georgia Higher Education Data Book

This guide is designed to provide a demographic snapshot of Georgia’s colleges at the outset of the 2017-2018 ...
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GBPI Research Opens New Dimensions for Latin American Association

GBPI has brought great value and a new dimension to our work. -David Schaefer, director of advocacy for ...
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Georgia Women’s Policy Institute Leverages Facts for Change

Working with GBPI was the key to my understanding of tax and budget issues that affect women and ...
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Kate Little supported GBPI from the beginning to inform state policymaking

I realize that more than anything else public policy impacts the work that we do. GBPI works every ...
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Georgia’s Revenue Increase Trails Needs of Growing Population

For most Georgians July 1, 2017 was just another steamy summer day in the south. For state lawmakers ...
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How to Protect and Expand Health Care Access in Georgia

The defeat of health care legislation in the U.S. Senate last week marked a milestone in the effort ...
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Planned Federal Budget Cuts Likely to Increase Hunger Risk for Georgians

The U.S. House Budget Committee passed a resolution last week calling for deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition ...
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Momentum on State Earned Income Tax Credits Evident Across the Country, Will Georgia Be Next?

This spring significant momentum built across the country for state earned income tax credits (EITCs). In recent months, ...
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Proposed Medicaid Cuts Threaten Georgia’s Most Vulnerable Students

More than 118,000 students in Georgia cope with disabilities. Some are students with visual or hearing impairments while ...
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Georgia Budget Primer 2018

Welcome to GBPI’s 2018 Budget Primer Georgia plans to spend $25 billion in state funds for the 2018 ...

Georgia Higher Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2018

Higher Education Budget Overview The Legislature is directing $2.3 billion to the university system and $361 million to ...

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