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Mediocre Revenue Growth Won’t Fix Georgia’s Transportation, Education, Other Challenges
It was good to hear state leaders acknowledge the need to bolster the state’s finances this week at ...
Unaccountable Agriculture Tax Break Hurting Rural Georgia
A set of sales tax breaks passed by Georgia lawmakers in 2012 is a growing hardship for city ...
Reality Check: Thankful We Have More in Common Than Cable News Makes Us Think
Last week I reminded my tween daughter about the golden rule – Treat others the way you want ...
Living the Numbers: Climbing Class Sizes are Hurting Students
I traveled to communities around Georgia the past few months to share findings from our recent reports on ...
Raise Georgia’s Minimum Wage to Expand Middle Class, Strengthen Economy
Over the last few months I’ve found myself tipping a little extra at my favorite local restaurants and ...
Better Pay for Honest Work
Raise Georgia’s Minimum Wage to Expand Middle Class, Strengthen Economy Georgia’s economy is increasingly tilted toward the types ...
The New Normal Does Not Work for Georgia’s Students
The responses we got from our annual survey of Georgia educators this summer are troubling, the stress often ...
Georgia Voters Should Reject Tax Cap Constitutional Amendment
Next Tuesday, Nov. 4, Georgians will head to the polls to vote in what could be one of ...
Georgians Set to Vote on Income Tax Straitjacket
Georgians will vote November 4th whether to permanently enshrine the state’s top income tax rate of 6 percent ...
New GBPI Survey: Students Still Feel Budget Cuts’ Sting
Here is a status report on the state of education in Georgia, from someone who knows: “Delayed instructional ...
Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet 2014
Schools across Georgia continue to scramble to meet students’ needs as they cope with years of deep cuts ...
VIDEO: How GBPI Shows Georgia What’s Possible
At the Capitol, at PTA meetings and at community meetings across the state, GBPI’s experts make the case ...
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