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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 ...
Recovery or Bust: Georgia’s Poor Left Behind
Presentation: Melissa Johnson, Policy Analyst |March 4, 2014 Download the presentation.
Overview of Recent Changes to GA State Health Benefit Plan
Given by: Timothy Sweeney, Director of Health Policy | March 5, 2014 Overview of Recent Changes to GA ...
Georgia’s Rush to Privatize Child Foster Care Could Lock in Reduced Funding
Georgia lawmakers are in an unnecessary rush to reform the state’s child welfare system to meet a deadline ...
False Choices Cloud Medicaid Expansion Debate
Who says Georgia can’t have first-rate schools, a quality health care system and a public safety net that ...
Drug Testing Food Stamp and Welfare Recipients is a Waste of Time and Money
Representatives in the Georgia House are considering a proposal to start “suspicion-based” drug testing for people who receive ...
Fact Check: Georgia Gets Money’s Worth from Medicaid
It’s frustrating to hear the cost-effectiveness of Georgia’s existing Medicaid program bashed as opponents of eligibility expansion stretch ...
Analyze Incentives Before Giving Tax Breaks
As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution A while back, my wife and I got word that Scarlett Johansson ...
New Report Shows Georgia’s Opportunity to Uplift Low-Income Working Moms
Forty-one percent of Georgia’s low-income working families are headed by women and 46 percent of these mothers have ...
Medicaid Expansion Opposition Enters Absurd Territory
Georgia’s House Judiciary Committee this week gave approval to a puzzling one-two punch of legislation aimed at distancing ...
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