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How Squeezed is Your District?

The Schoolhouse Squeeze 2014 compiles the latest numbers to show how cuts at the state level and lost ...
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The Schoolhouse Squeeze 2014

State Cuts, Lost Property Values Still Pinch School Districts Georgia’s 180 school districts continue to face enormous financial ...
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Marriage Equality is Good for Business in Georgia

Creating marriage equality in Georgia is not just a matter of basic justice and fairness, but according to ...
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State of Working Georgia 2014

Workers Squeezed by Tough Labor Market, Shrinking Paychecks Georgia’s economy has improved markedly since the darkest days of ...
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Georgia Workers Deserve an Economy That Works for Them

Like many Georgians I grew up in a family hanging on tightly to the middle rungs of the ...
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Making KIDS COUNT Every Year

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its ...
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New Report: Georgia’s Medicaid Opposition to Cost $34 Billion

Georgia’s refusal to expand Medicaid to cover more than 500,000 uninsured people will cost the state’s health care ...
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State Closes Fiscal Year with Sluggish 2014 Revenues

Georgia’s revenues grew 4.8 percent for the 2014 fiscal year that ended June 30. Such growth is well ...
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Georgia Health Coverage Rate Trails 47 States

Adults in Georgia are more likely to go without health coverage than people in all but two other ...
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Keep Working Families Top of Mind for Georgia’s Future

A worker who earned $32,000 to $58,000 a year when the recession hit in 2007 was much more ...
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Georgia Budget Primer 2015

GBPI is proud to publish the latest edition of our annual comprehensive analysis of the state’s financial blueprint, ...
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New GBPI Budget Primer Tells Story of Shortchanged Citizenry

GBPI is proud today to publish the latest edition of our annual comprehensive analysis of the state’s financial ...

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