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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 ...
Medicaid Turns 50: Half a Century of Providing Health Care to Georgians
By Ann Hedges This month, Medicaid turns 50. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark legislation into law July ...
Teacher Compensation a Contentious Issue for Education Reform Commission
Education funding is often a contentious topic, and so it is for the governor’s Education Reform Commission as ...
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 ...
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