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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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State of Working Georgia 2013

Georgians Struggle to Emerge from Shadow of Great Recession Georgia is still sputtering in the shadow of the ...
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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 ...
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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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Georgia Gets a Failing Grade for the Overall Well-being of Women

Once again, sigh, Georgia is among the worst in a new analysis that ranks states by how well ...
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Georgia Passes up $92 Million in Federal Help for People With Disabilities

People with disabilities have known for years that Georgia misses out on federal money that could help them ...

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