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Georgia’s 2016 Human Services Budget Reflects GBPI Influence
Melissa Johnson
April 21, 2015
Georgia lawmakers took steps in the just-ended legislative session to improve the lives of some of the state’s ...
Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda
Wesley Tharpe
April 17, 2015
A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2015 Session Recap
Wesley Tharpe
April 17, 2015
Several pieces of legislation that could affect Georgia’s state treasury await either signature or veto by Gov. Nathan ...
Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda
Wesley Tharpe
April 17, 2015
A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item ...
GBPI Put its Stamp on 2015 Legislative Session
Taifa Smith Butler
April 13, 2015
Georgia lawmakers left Atlanta early this month with significant accomplishments in hand and without approving some measures the ...
Missed Opportunity to Extend Health Care to More Georgians
Timothy Sweeney
April 2, 2015
Georgia is home to the fifth most residents without health coverage of any state according to 2013 data, ...
And Now it’s Time to Say Sine Die
Alan Essig
April 2, 2015
As the 2015 legislative session comes to an end so does my time in Georgia. After 25 years ...
Lawmakers Can Use Legislative Offseason to Get Serious About Health Care
Timothy Sweeney
April 1, 2015
Education reform? Check. More revenue for transportation maintenance? Check. What’s missing here? Ahhh, Georgia’s ailing health care system ...
Time Runs Short to Boost Transparency, Parental Roles in Statewide School Plan
Claire Suggs
March 25, 2015
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposal to create a statewide Opportunity School District (OSD) to take over persistently low-performing schools ...
State Transportation Repair Plan Veers Off Course
Wesley Tharpe
March 24, 2015
As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on March 24, 2015 The bill lawmakers are pushing to answer Gov. ...
Increasing Access to Child Care Helps Georgia’s Women, State Economy
GBPI Admin
March 23, 2015
Guest blogger Kelly Dolan is executive director of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation At the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, we ...
Child Care Assistance: Georgia’s Opportunity to Bolster Working Families, Economy
Melissa Johnson
March 23, 2015
Georgia is now turning away people who apply for child care financial assistance through a state program designed ...
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