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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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Uninsured Rates Fall in States Expanding Medicaid

States that take advantage of new federal money available to extend Medicaid coverage to more residents are seeing ...
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Price to Get Top Business Climate Rank Could be Economic Inequality

When states like Georgia rate well as places to do business, the same factors used in those rankings ...
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Georgia Gets an “F” for Failing Working Parents

Georgia is failing its working moms and dads, according to a new report by the National Partnership for ...
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Georgia’s Middle Class Workers Left Out of Recovery

Industries in Georgia that pay a middle-class wage fell furthest during the Great Recession but are faring the ...
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Bad Times for Good Jobs

Georgia’s Shrinking Middle Class Opportunity A good-paying job is the cornerstone of a secure middle-class life, but Georgia’s ...
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Close Georgia’s Coverage Gap to Stabilize State’s Hospitals

States that expanded Medicaid eligibility to close their state’s coverage gap experienced substantial and nearly immediate reductions in ...
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Teaching Pre-K Children Shouldn’t Require a Vow of Poverty

Pre-Kindergarten teachers are the reason children of all backgrounds across Georgia are better prepared to start school and ...
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Menu of Revenue Options to Pave Way for Georgia’s Rebound

Low Revenues Keeping Georgia on a Path to Mediocrity, 2014 Update Georgia is one of the lowest-taxed states ...

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