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Aiming for Average in Education Spending
Georgia ranks 38th among states for public school spending. Spending per student in Georgia is $1,807 less than ...
State Revenue Gain Offers Possibilities
As we near the close of the 2016 fiscal year, we can breathe a sigh of relief. The ...
New Overtime Rules a Win for Georgia’s Middle Class
As many as half a million Georgia workers stand to gain from a long-overdue update to the nation’s ...
More Needed for Schools, Health Care After $23.7B Budget Kicks in July 1
Gov. Nathan Deal just signed the state’s budget for the 2017 fiscal year that kicks in this July ...
Lawmakers Reject Major Tax Cuts, OK Modest Tax Breaks
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2016 Legislative Session Recap Each year, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute examines ...
Georgia Misses Big Opportunity to Help Struggling Rural Hospitals
First published in the SW Georgia Health Beat on page 23. The good news is Georgia lawmakers understand something ...
Georgia Work Credit Could Get Families a Better Deal at Tax Time
As Georgians put the finishing touches on their returns to meet today’s income tax filing deadline, one benefit ...
Georgia’s Tuition Equity Opportunity Will Survive U.S. Supreme Court Case
Georgia leaders debated for years whether the state should allow young immigrants to pay in-state college tuition if ...
Lawmakers Made Small Progress, Avoided Big Budget Mistakes
As Published in the AJC Former drug offenders and their families who struggle financially could get better access ...
Lawmakers Miss on Health Care, Education, but Leave Flawed Tax Plan Behind
Soon after the traditional paper storm settled on the 2016 legislative session Gov. Nathan Deal’s swift veto of ...
Lawmakers Wise to Reject Reckless Income Tax Measures
This year’s General Assembly produced no shortage of big debates, with subjects from religious exemptions to rape kits ...
TANF Time Limits Undercut Workforce Development
This week Georgia legislators in the House Health and Human Services Committee moved to rend the state’s frayed ...
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