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Let’s Elevate Georgia Women for a Stronger State
Melissa Johnson
August 8, 2016
For more than 12 years you’ve depended on the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute to cast a broad ...
New GBPI Budget Primer Previews 2017 as State Closes Out 2016
Taifa Smith Butler
July 22, 2016
State tax collection rose 9.4 percent in the just-ended 2016 fiscal year, or nearly $1.8 billion more than ...
Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2017
Wesley Tharpe
July 20, 2016
Budget Basics Georgia’s 2017 fiscal year is July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 and the total budget ...
Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2017
Melissa Johnson
July 20, 2016
Human Services Budget Overview Georgia’s Department of Human Services oversees state spending to protect children and the elderly ...
Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2017
Timothy Sweeney
July 20, 2016
Georgia Health Care Budget Overview Health care services are primarily delivered through three state agencies, the departments of ...
Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2017
Claire Suggs
July 20, 2016
Education Funding in Georgia: Years of Cuts Cast Long Shadow Georgia is spending $11.6 billion on education in ...
Georgia Budget Primer 2017
GBPI Admin
July 19, 2016
Where does the money for Georgia’s $23.7 billion budget come from this year? How has the new transportation funding ...
Georgia Families Need State to Support New Child Care Plan
Melissa Johnson
July 14, 2016
Georgia’s new and improved plan to expand access to quality child care for families earning low incomes took ...
Help Needed to Meet Georgia’s Laudable Child Care Goals
Melissa Johnson
July 14, 2016
Georgia’s plan to expand access to quality child care for families earning low incomes became effective this June, ...
Refugees Help Make Georgia a Better Place
Wesley Tharpe
July 8, 2016
Over the past year or so, Georgians have grown increasingly aware of the challenges faced by refugees resettling in the state. A new report provides ...
Charlton Ranks Among Georgia Counties With Dire Health Provider Shortages
Laura Harker
July 1, 2016
Nearly two-thirds of Georgia’s counties fall below the statewide average number of nurses, physician assistants, total doctors and ...
Time to Remedy Georgia’s Health Care Provider Shortages
Taifa Smith Butler
June 30, 2016
As published in the AJC June 26, 2016 Georgia needs a health care system that is sustainable. The ...
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