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Income Taxes Aren’t Driving Georgians to Change States
Wesley Tharpe
May 29, 2014
Georgia’s tax rates do not cause residents to pull up stakes and leave for nearby states with lower ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2014 Session Recap
Wesley Tharpe
May 28, 2014
Tax Measures Further Whittle Away Revenues Revised May 28, 2014 A collection of tax measures that will drain ...
State Shortchanges Public Schools Again
Claire Suggs
May 22, 2014
Georgia is underfunding public schools by $747 million in the 2015 fiscal year that starts July 1, continuing ...
Medicaid Expansion Still Georgia’s Best Way to Bridge Coverage Gap
Timothy Sweeney
May 12, 2014
As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on May 11, 2014 A quick scan of recent headlines could leave ...
Up to 700 Georgia Schools Offered New Option to Combat Child Hunger
Melissa Johnson
May 8, 2014
About one-third of Georgia schools can now participate in the second year of a new federal program designed ...
New Brief: Slow-Growth Stalls Georgia Economy
Wesley Tharpe
May 8, 2014
Georgia continues to face serious economic challenges more than four years since the start of the national recovery, ...
Georgia Still Climbing Out of Deep Economic Hole
GBPI Admin
May 8, 2014
State of Working Georgia: Spring Update, 2014 Georgia continues to face serious economic challenges more than four years ...
Rising Tuition and Shrinking HOPE Squeeze College Students
Claire Suggs
May 2, 2014
Georgia is home to the seventh largest tuition increase in the nation between 2008 and 2014, according to ...
Time Running Short to Sponsor Summer Food Program for Children
Melissa Johnson
May 2, 2014
Next week in College Park, the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning will conduct its last training ...
HOPE Scholars Pick Up Increasing Share of College Costs
Claire Suggs
May 1, 2014
Students from low- or moderate-income families must clear ever-higher financial hurdles to complete a postsecondary program in Georgia. ...
Radical Tax Policies in Kansas Offer Georgia a Cautionary Tale
Wesley Tharpe
April 24, 2014
Trimming Georgia’s income tax rate is a hot topic of late and will likely be debated during the ...
Needy Georgians may go hungry
Melissa Johnson
April 18, 2014
As published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on April 18, 2014. The state’s chronic underfunding of its human ...
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