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Tax Shift Proposals Would Hurt Georgia Schools
Plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining ...
Georgia should tally cost, benefit of business tax breaks
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig says the state should take a more business-like ...
High Unemployment Among Georgia’s Many Workforce Challenges
As we move closer toward another legislative session and heated election season, Georgia’s economy is sure to become ...
New report: “Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet”
This summer the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute contacted superintendents from all 180 of the state’s school districts ...
Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet
Georgia’s public schools are at a tipping point. School districts are coping with state funding cuts in recent ...
Medicaid Expansion: Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Access to Care
Presentation: Tim Sweeney, Director of Health Policy, Georgia Budget & Policy InstituteOctober 31, 2013 | The Carter Center ...
Rural Georgians Stand to Benefit Most from Medicaid Expansion
More than 140,000 uninsured Georgians in rural communities could get health coverage through Medicaid in 2014 if Georgia ...
Georgia Families Lose Food Assistance, Bigger Threat Looms
More than 1.9 million Georgians, including more than one in three Georgia children, are more likely to go ...
GBPI’s Annual Guide to How the Economy Affects Working Georgians
Most Georgia families still struggle to emerge from the long shadow of the Great Recession. Unemployment remains high, ...
State of Working Georgia 2013
Georgians Struggle to Emerge from Shadow of Great Recession Georgia is still sputtering in the shadow of the ...
Medicaid Expansion Could Close Coverage Gap for 409,000 Georgians
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation provides the latest evidence of the importance of expanding Medicaid ...
Tax Foundation Report is a Poor Guide for Tax Policy
Each year, the right-leaning Tax Foundation stirs up a slew of short-lived publicity by giving Georgia a mediocre ...
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