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Hold off Celebration for Modest State Revenue Growth

Georgia’s revenues are up 4.5 percent over the first 11 months of the 2014 fiscal year. Still, revenues ...
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Georgia’s Rural Health System Needs Comprehensive Exam

Georgia’s recently appointed Rural Hospital Stabilization Committee will convene Monday, June 9 for the first time and it ...
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Summer Nutrition Programs Need More Partners

Georgia summer nutrition programs served less than one in seven needy children in 2013, according to a new ...
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Income Taxes Aren’t Driving Georgians to Change States

Georgia’s tax rates do not cause residents to pull up stakes and leave for nearby states with lower ...
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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2014 Session Recap

Tax Measures Further Whittle Away Revenues Revised May 28, 2014 A collection of tax measures that will drain ...
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State Shortchanges Public Schools Again

Georgia is underfunding public schools by $747 million in the 2015 fiscal year that starts July 1, continuing ...
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Medicaid Expansion Still Georgia’s Best Way to Bridge Coverage Gap

As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on May 11, 2014 A quick scan of recent headlines could leave ...
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Up to 700 Georgia Schools Offered New Option to Combat Child Hunger

About one-third of Georgia schools can now participate in the second year of a new federal program designed ...
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New Brief: Slow-Growth Stalls Georgia Economy

Georgia continues to face serious economic challenges more than four years since the start of the national recovery, ...
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Georgia Still Climbing Out of Deep Economic Hole

State of Working Georgia:  Spring Update, 2014 Georgia continues to face serious economic challenges more than four years ...
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Rising Tuition and Shrinking HOPE Squeeze College Students

Georgia is home to the seventh largest tuition increase in the nation between 2008 and 2014, according to ...
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Time Running Short to Sponsor Summer Food Program for Children

Next week in College Park, the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning will conduct its last training ...

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