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Rising Inequality Makes Tax Shift Strategy Even Riskier
The widening gap between rich and poor makes it harder for state lawmakers to fully fund education, health ...
Taifa Butler: I Work at GBPI to Spotlight What’s Possible
This September marks my third anniversary as part of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) team. I’m ...
Georgia Set to Squander $7.8 Million on Food Stamps ID
Georgia’s Department of Human Services is asking the state to include $7.8 million in its 2016 budget to ...
Medicaid Expansion a Shot in the Arm for Coastal Georgia
About 50,000 uninsured Georgians in the 10-county Coastal Georgia region could get guaranteed health coverage if Georgia accepts ...
How Squeezed is Your District?
The Schoolhouse Squeeze 2014 compiles the latest numbers to show how cuts at the state level and lost ...
The Schoolhouse Squeeze 2014
State Cuts, Lost Property Values Still Pinch School Districts Georgia’s 180 school districts continue to face enormous financial ...
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 ...
State of Working Georgia 2014
Workers Squeezed by Tough Labor Market, Shrinking Paychecks Georgia’s economy has improved markedly since the darkest days of ...
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 ...
Making KIDS COUNT Every Year
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its ...
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 ...
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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