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A Blueprint to Bolster Georgia Families through Targeted Tax Reforms
Wesley Tharpe
October 21, 2015
State lawmakers and other civic-minded people who work to improve the lives of Georgia families have no shortage ...
A Tax Blueprint to Strengthen Georgia
Wesley Tharpe
October 20, 2015
[vc_row el_class=”td-ss-row”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Fixing Georgia’s Tax System Can Help Working Families and Protect the State’s Investments Reforming Georgia’s ...
Healthier State Revenues Provide Opportunities
Taifa Smith Butler
October 16, 2015
The welcome news is state tax revenues are up about 9.4 percent during the first three months of ...
Tax Shift Plans Chart Wrong Path to Reform
Wesley Tharpe
October 14, 2015
State legislators are likely to consider large-scale changes to Georgia’s tax system when they return to work in ...
Better Ways to Fix Georgia Taxes
Wesley Tharpe
October 14, 2015
As Published in the AJC State lawmakers can seize a real opportunity to improve the lives of Georgia families ...
So Many Georgians Struggle, but it Doesn’t Have to be That Way
Taifa Smith Butler
October 9, 2015
For the last 15 years or so, I’ve peered out across many crowded rooms filled to capacity with ...
Planned Financial Support for Low-Income Students in a Slump
Claire Suggs
October 7, 2015
Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission members agree the state should send extra dollars to school districts to ...
Open College Entry to Undocumented Students to Bolster Georgia’s Workforce
Melissa Johnson
September 29, 2015
Many Georgia students started college for the first time this fall. That’s good news for Georgia as the ...
Georgia’s Workforce Development, Economy Damaged by Barriers to Higher Education for Undocumented Students
Melissa Johnson
September 29, 2015
New federal policy provides Georgia an opportunity to increase access to higher education for many young Georgia immigrants ...
Tax Credits Help Lead the Fight Against Poverty
Wesley Tharpe
September 25, 2015
When Georgians think about the best ways to fight poverty and help more families climb the economic ladder, ...
Understanding Medicaid in Georgia and the Opportunity to Improve It
Timothy Sweeney
September 23, 2015
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute and Georgians for a Healthy Future today announce the joint release of ...
Georgia’s Need to Close Coverage Gap Flagged by New Census Report
Timothy Sweeney
September 23, 2015
Nearly 300,000 fewer Georgians went without health insurance in 2014 compared to 2013, a decline of about 15 ...
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