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New Income Stats Should be a Wake-Up Call

Georgia has slipped back more than three decades in its national ranking on a key measure of economic ...
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Immigration Reform Would Bolster Georgia’s Strained Finances

Georgia would gain nearly $100 million in state and local tax revenue each year if Congress allows undocumented ...
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New Guide to 2014 State Budget: We Do the Math for You

Georgia just took the wraps off a new fiscal year July 1, which means a new twelve-month budget ...
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Georgia Budget Primer 2014

The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide ...
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GBPI 2014 Primer: Human Services

Georgia’s spending to help children, the poor and seniors is overseen by the state Department of Human Services, ...
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GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care

Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. ...
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GBPI 2014 Primer: Education

The $9.7 billion Georgia is investing in education in 2014 accounts for more than half of all state ...
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Pro-Family Tax Credits Help Guard Georgia’s Military Families from Poverty

An estimated 80,000 military families in Georgia, including both active-duty personnel and veterans, receive either the Earned Income ...
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Georgia can blaze own path to expand Medicaid coverage

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney’s op-ed on Medicaid ...
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Unemployment Benefits Will Run Out Faster for Georgians Laid Off After July 1

Georgians who lose their jobs after July 1 can expect one less week in unemployment insurance benefits – ...
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New Report Finds More than Half of Georgia’s Seniors Struggle Economically

Proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare would do more harm in Georgia than most other states. Nearly ...
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Lawmakers are Pricing College Out of Reach

State and federal lawmakers are changing higher education financial aid programs and that makes it harder for Georgia’s ...

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