Research

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Georgia Shifts Cost to Bus Schoolchildren to Local Districts

Every day across Georgia school buses carry students safely to and from school. This is an essential service, ...
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A Blueprint to Bolster Georgia Families through Targeted Tax Reforms

State lawmakers and other civic-minded people who work to improve the lives of Georgia families have no shortage ...
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A Tax Blueprint to Strengthen Georgia

[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 ...
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Healthier State Revenues Provide Opportunities

The welcome news is state tax revenues are up about 9.4 percent during the first three months of ...
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Tax Shift Plans Chart Wrong Path to Reform

State legislators are likely to consider large-scale changes to Georgia’s tax system when they return to work in ...
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Better Ways to Fix Georgia Taxes

As Published in the AJC State lawmakers can seize a real opportunity to improve the lives of Georgia families ...
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So Many Georgians Struggle, but it Doesn’t Have to be That Way

For the last 15 years or so, I’ve peered out across many crowded rooms filled to capacity with ...
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Planned Financial Support for Low-Income Students in a Slump

Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission members agree the state should send extra dollars to school districts to ...
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Open College Entry to Undocumented Students to Bolster Georgia’s Workforce

Many Georgia students started college for the first time this fall. That’s good news for Georgia as the ...
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Georgia’s Workforce Development, Economy Damaged by Barriers to Higher Education for Undocumented Students

New federal policy provides Georgia an opportunity to increase access to higher education for many young Georgia immigrants ...
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Tax Credits Help Lead the Fight Against Poverty

When Georgians think about the best ways to fight poverty and help more families climb the economic ladder, ...
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Understanding Medicaid in Georgia and the Opportunity to Improve It

The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute and Georgians for a Healthy Future today announce the joint release of  ...

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