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School District Employees Deserve Break from Rising Insurance Premiums
Just before the close of the 2015 fiscal year at the end of June, the state released a ...
Supreme Court Ruling Frees Georgia to Turn Attention to Closing Coverage Gap
Today the U.S. Supreme Court again upheld a key component of the Affordable Care Act against a politically-driven ...
Pro-Work Tax Credits Give Georgia Fathers a Hand
Countless Georgians will celebrate the role that fathers play in their families this Sunday, on Father’s Day. They’ll ...
Rising Child Poverty Places More Demand on Summer Feeding Programs
Georgia summer nutrition programs served about 18,000 more children in July 2014 than in July 2013. That’s the ...
North Carolina Mayor Makes Long Trek to Save Rural Hospitals
By Ann Hedges and Tim Sweeney On Monday, Belhaven, N.C. Mayor Adam O’Neal started a 283-mile walk to ...
Education Reform Commission – Can We Talk About the Cost?
The Education Reform Commission established by Gov. Nathan Deal spent a lot of time talking about money in ...
Summer Brings Child Hunger Challenges
It’s that time of year again. The school year is ending and Georgia children are leaving classrooms for ...
Tax Policy a Quality of Life Topic in 2015 and Beyond
Taxes are nobody’s favorite expense. Most people view them as simply a nuisance bill to pay or as ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Final 2015 Tax Recap
Governor Approves Big Transportation Package, Slew of Smaller Bills Gov. Nathan Deal approved several pieces of legislation that ...
Georgia’s Medicaid “Experiment” a Tepid Response to Coverage Gap
State leaders at the Department of Community Health are reportedly working with a few Georgia hospitals to take ...
Reworking QBE, Teacher Compensation Weighed by Education Reform Panel
The funding committee of the Education Reform Commission is considering big changes to teacher compensation as it moves ...
Georgia Moms Earn It
Working moms are the bedrock of so many Georgia families. Between raising kids, contributing to their communities and ...
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