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Proposed Federal Health Bill Is Potential 10-year, $4 Billion Drain on Georgia Treasury
Laura Harker
March 23, 2017
Georgia stands to lose $4 billion in federal Medicaid funding over ten years if the proposed American Health ...
Reshuffling Income Tax Rates is a Faulty Economic Formula
Wesley Tharpe
March 21, 2017
State legislators are considering a package of income tax changes in the final days of the 2017 session ...
Private School Scholarship Savings Claims Deserve Skepticism
Claire Suggs
March 17, 2017
State lawmakers are considering a big expansion of the private school scholarship tax credit program. House Bill 217 ...
Lawmakers Debating Big Bucks after Several Tax Bills Pass House
Wesley Tharpe
March 13, 2017
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Crossover Day 2017 Each year, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute examines tax ...
Misguided March to Expand Tax Credits for Private School Scholarships
Claire Suggs
March 9, 2017
The Georgia Senate is considering a plan to expand the state’s private school scholarship tax credit program after ...
Targeted Fix to Income Tax Package Can Deliver Georgians a Win
Wesley Tharpe
March 8, 2017
Analysis of potential revision to House Bill 329 (LC 43 0601S) Georgia lawmakers are considering a large income ...
Planned Medicaid Changes Put State Health System at Risk
Laura Harker
March 7, 2017
Congressional proposals to remake the federal Medicaid funding system into one based on block grants or one that ...
Fact Sheet: Tax Bill Offers Earned Income Tax Credit Upside, Flat Tax Downside
Wesley Tharpe
February 28, 2017
Analysis of Substitute Version of House Bill 329 (LC 43 0601S) Updated March 8, 2017 Georgia lawmakers are ...
Ballooning Tax Credit for Private School Scholarships
Claire Suggs
February 27, 2017
Bill Analysis: House Bill 217 (LC 34 5120S) State lawmakers are considering a bill that proposes to swell ...
Education Savings Accounts Carry Huge Price Tag
Claire Suggs
February 21, 2017
Fact Sheet: Senate Bill 68 (LC 33 6784) Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill to allow parents to ...
Income Tax Bill Offers Earned Income Tax Credit Upside, Flat Tax Downside
Wesley Tharpe
February 21, 2017
Bill Analysis: House Bill 329 (LC 43 0564) – Updated February 27, 2017 Members of the Georgia House ...
Immigrant ID Bills Amount to $1 Million in Waste
Melissa Johnson
February 17, 2017
One Senate bill and two House bills threaten to waste more than $1 million in state taxpayer dollars ...
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