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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 ...
GBPI Letter to Governor Outlines Pitfalls of Medicaid Caps, Block Grants
GBPI Admin
February 15, 2017
In a letter delivered today to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute outlined likely ...
Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education
Claire Suggs
February 13, 2017
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed budget of nearly $2.3 billion for the university system and approximately $360 million for ...
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