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Georgia Misses Opportunity to Improve Child Care
Melissa Johnson
November 6, 2015
Georgia is one of 16 states where families are worse off because of its child care policies, according ...
Education Reform Commission Threatens to Cement in $421 Million Cut
Claire Suggs
November 4, 2015
Hover your mouse over the map to view information for each school district. See how we calculated these numbers ...
Funding Committee Comes up Short
Claire Suggs
November 4, 2015
A new school funding formula Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission is developing threatens to lock in deep ...
Public Education Austerity Cuts Persist in New State Spending Plan
John McCosh
October 30, 2015
Georgia is underfunding its K-12 programs to the tune of about $660 million this school year, according to ...
School Districts Get Growing Tab for Student Transportation
Claire Suggs
October 27, 2015
Years of deep cuts in state student transportation funding saddle school districts with more of the cost to ...
Georgia Shifts Cost to Bus Schoolchildren to Local Districts
Claire Suggs
October 27, 2015
Every day across Georgia school buses carry students safely to and from school. This is an essential service, ...
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 ...
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