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Underfunded English Training Limits Contribution from Georgia’s College-Educated Immigrants
Melissa Johnson
April 21, 2017
The strength of Georgia’s workforce is undermined by a lack of funding for English language programs. About 55,000 ...
Tax Day Twitter: Making the Case for a Strong Economy and Thriving Communities
Alex Welch
April 19, 2017
Tax Day arrives every April, annually stirring a conversation about the benefits of taxes and their influence on ...
Tax Break Scheme Aimed at Rural Jobs Offers Georgia a Poor Return on Investment
Wesley Tharpe
April 18, 2017
Among the bills now awaiting signature or veto by Gov. Nathan Deal is a complicated new tax break ...
Medicaid Helps Millions of Georgians, State’s Bottom Line
Laura Harker
April 14, 2017
Medicaid provides nearly 2 million Georgians with vital health services, 92 percent of whom are children, elderly or ...
Medicaid Works for Georgia
Laura Harker
April 14, 2017
Medicaid and PeachCare provide almost 2 million Georgians with access to health care, including 1.3 million children. About ...
Legislators Approve Isolated Tax Breaks, Defer Broad Tax Changes
Wesley Tharpe
April 12, 2017
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Sine Die 2017 Gov. Nathan Deal is set to consider a grab bag ...
College Students Squeezed as State Shrinks its Share of School Costs
Jennifer Lee
April 5, 2017
Georgia’s university system Board of Regents is set to meet this month to decide on tuition rates for the ...
Presentation: Equity in Higher Education – Who gets HOPE?
Jennifer Lee
April 4, 2017
Georgia’s lottery-funded HOPE Scholarships and Grants are among the state’s most well-known programs, and thousands of students benefit ...
2017 GBPI Legislative Recap, Sine Die Edition
Wesley Tharpe
March 31, 2017
As Georgia lawmakers opened the 2017 General Assembly January 9, our top legislative priorities included renewal of a ...
Five Ways to Deliver Georgians a Win on Tax Reform
Wesley Tharpe
March 28, 2017
Georgia House and Senate members are set to consider the final version of House Bill 329, a multipart ...
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 ...
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