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House Budget Squeezes Schools, Health Care Providers

The Georgia House of Representatives this week rearranged the state’s 2016 budget plan for education, health care and ...
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Tossing More Than 20,000 Georgians off State Health Plan a Bad Remedy

Tossing non-certified school district workers who work less than 30 hours per week off the State Health Benefit ...
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Health Plan Financial Challenges Remain if State Ends Coverage for Part-Time School Workers and Their Dependents

Georgia’s governor proposes in the 2016 fiscal year to eliminate State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) coverage for bus ...
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Lift Georgia’s Economy with a Higher Minimum Wage

This month I spoke to a state senate committee about the merits of Senate Bill 15, legislation that ...
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Private School Subsidy Bill Promises Sticker Shock

Georgia lawmakers are sounding out a kinproposal to create Education Savings Accounts to allow parents of private and ...
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Education Savings Accounts Carry Big Sticker Shock

Georgia lawmakers are considering legislation to allow parents to take state dollars for private educational use. House Bill ...
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Tax Swap Brings No Small Change

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed is featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; read full article here.
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Georgia’s Planned 2016 Health Spending – Modest Changes, Big Challenges

The proposed 2016 state budget directs $3.6 billion from the general fund to Georgia’s three health care focused ...
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Higher Class Sizes, Enrollment Drops Still a Drag on Lottery-funded Pre-K, HOPE Programs

The governor’s proposed $978 million budget for Georgia’s lottery funded programs in the 2016 fiscal year falls short ...
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Swapping penny from schools, other state needs is not small change

As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Feb. 11, 2015. Some powerful Georgia lawmakers are floating a plan ...
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Overview: 2016 Fiscal Year for Department of Community Health

The governor’s proposed 2016 budget directs $2.45 billion to the Department of Community Health, not including money for ...
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Tax Plan Needs Course Correction

House Transportation Package Leaves out New Revenues, Could Harm Key Services Georgia needs a sustained commitment to transportation ...

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