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A Double Standard for Sales Tax Breaks
Tax breaks should be decided on their merits, not based on the pull of powerful lobbyists. Unfortunately, the ...
Tax Revisions Keep Georgia on the Wrong Path
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Closing the Books on 2013 Tax revisions passed by the Georgia Legislature and ...
New Study Shows Significant Benefits for Medicaid Expansion, Contrary to Opponents’ Claims
Opponents of Medicaid expansion are misrepresenting the findings of a new study to argue that Georgia and other ...
Washington, D.C. Budget Debate Outcome Looms Large for Georgia
On Wednesday, May 1 GBPI will host its Spring Policy Forum, Protecting Our Investment in Georgia’s Future: Effects ...
Georgia’s Employment: Small Steps Out of Deep Hole
Georgia’s economy is heading in the right direction but still faces an uphill climb to emerge from the ...
Georgia’s College Students Squeezed Again
It just got tougher for Georgia’s students to afford college. Last week the Board of Regents of the ...
Georgia Making Progress, Still a Steep Hill to Climb
Georgia’s economy is adding jobs at a strong pace compared to other states, according to the most recent ...
Georgia Omits Critical Part of Common Core: Educators
Georgia is rolling out ambitious new standards for student performance in K-12, but is skimping on needed comprehensive ...
Georgia Shouldn’t Shift Aid to Families to Nonprofits
To expand Georgia’s economy, the state should reassess the way it allocates resources. For the last few years, ...
Medicaid Funding Shortfall Still Looms
The General Assembly renewed the state’s hospital provider fee to fund Medicaid in the early weeks of the ...
Georgia Expands Use of Subsidies in New Budget
The 2014 budget passed by the General Assembly keeps most of Georgia’s economic development spending unchanged from Gov. ...
State Budget Leaves Needs of Many Unmet
The Georgia Legislature approved a 2014 budget March 28 for the Department of Human Services that is an ...
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