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Georgia’s Disinvestment in Higher Education is at Expense of State’s Economic Future
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia raised next year’s tuition at Georgia Tech 9 ...
Newspaper Series Shines Light on What Georgia Loses Without Medicaid Expansion
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Misty Williams just got a well-deserved laurel from the Columbia Journalism Review for her exemplary ...
Income Tax Cap Resolution a Low Point for 2014 Legislature
A reckless constitutional amendment designed to tie the hands of future lawmakers and hamstring the state’s ability to ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2014 Session Recap
Tax Measures Further Whittle Away Revenues A collection of tax measures that could drain up to $286 million ...
Legacy of 2014 Legislature was to Make Georgia’s Faulty Health Care Policy Worse
Georgia is home to more residents without health insurance coverage than all but four states. Still, state lawmakers ...
Legislature’s Education Spending Plan Better, but Still Earns a “Needs Improvement”
The governor and state legislators made education funding a major talking point during the 2014 legislative session. Lawmakers ...
Georgia Legislature Moves to Keep Poor People Poor
Almost 2 million low-income Georgians will find it harder to get ahead in the future, thanks to counterproductive ...
Scorched Earth Politics of 2014 Will Hurt Georgia Families for Years
The 2014 Georgia General Assembly is mercifully over now, but its legacy of lost opportunity will haunt Georgia ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Crossover Day 2014
Grab-bag of Tax Measures on the Table A slew of bills with revenue implications for Georgia’s state and ...
Tax Resolution is Troubling and Unnecessary
The tax committee in Georgia’s House of Representatives is set to consider a recommendation to change the state’s ...
Medicaid Expansion Delivers Soaring Premium Tax Revenue From Increased Federal Funding
Amidst the debate in the Georgia House over House Bill 990 this week, a representative questioned if new ...
Georgia Senate Proposes New Venture Capital, Other Small Changes to 2015 Budget
Georgia’s state senators continue to usher a proposed budget for the 2015 fiscal year through the legislative process ...
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