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Georgia’s 2016 Human Services Budget Reflects GBPI Influence

Georgia lawmakers took steps in the just-ended legislative session to improve the lives of some of the state’s ...
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Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda

A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item ...
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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2015 Session Recap

Several pieces of legislation that could affect Georgia’s state treasury await either signature or veto by Gov. Nathan ...
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Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda

A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item ...
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GBPI Put its Stamp on 2015 Legislative Session

Georgia lawmakers left Atlanta early this month with significant accomplishments in hand and without approving some measures the ...
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Missed Opportunity to Extend Health Care to More Georgians

Georgia is home to the fifth most residents without health coverage of any state according to 2013 data, ...
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And Now it’s Time to Say Sine Die

As the 2015 legislative session comes to an end so does my time in Georgia. After 25 years ...
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Lawmakers Can Use Legislative Offseason to Get Serious About Health Care

Education reform? Check. More revenue for transportation maintenance? Check. What’s missing here? Ahhh, Georgia’s ailing health care system ...
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Time Runs Short to Boost Transparency, Parental Roles in Statewide School Plan

Gov. Nathan Deal’s  proposal to create a statewide Opportunity School District (OSD) to take over persistently low-performing schools ...
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State Transportation Repair Plan Veers Off Course

As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on March 24, 2015 The bill lawmakers are pushing to answer Gov. ...
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Increasing Access to Child Care Helps Georgia’s Women, State Economy

Guest blogger Kelly Dolan is executive director of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation At the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, we ...
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Child Care Assistance: Georgia’s Opportunity to Bolster Working Families, Economy

Georgia is now turning away people who apply for child care financial assistance through a state program designed ...

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