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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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Georgia’s Need to Close Coverage Gap Flagged by New Census Report

Nearly 300,000 fewer Georgians went without health insurance in 2014 compared to 2013, a decline of about 15 ...
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Georgia’s Path to School Funding Reform Reaches Crossroads

An updated version of this report is available Georgia’s effort to overhaul the formula it uses to split ...
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Pro-Worker Credits in Jeopardy this Labor Day

The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894 to honor the contributions workers make every ...
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Pending TANF Changes Could Send Georgia Budget Writers Scrambling

Pending changes to a federal work-development and safety-net program that relies on state contributions could create a shortfall ...
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A Time-Tested Tax Tool to Grow Georgia’s Middle Class

Too many Georgians today work hard and play by the rules but fail to get ahead. Incomes are ...
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A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle Class

The Case for a State Earned Income Tax Credit Building a better Georgia, with a strong economy and ...
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Educating Adults Critical to Georgia’s Success

School is starting this week for many Georgia children but education ended much too soon for many of ...
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Improved Adult Education Support Critical to Georgia’s Bottom Line

Georgia’s economic well-being is threatened by the high numbers of adults without a high school diploma or a ...
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Georgia Budget Primer 2016

Where does the money for Georgia’s $21.8 billion budget come from this year? How does the new transportation ...
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Time to Retire Georgia’s Sales Tax Holidays

This weekend marks the return of that semi-annual Georgia tradition, the two-day sales tax holiday, this one for ...

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