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Investigation Reveals Need for Business Subsidy Reforms
Georgia spends millions of dollars each year subsidizing companies that don’t always deliver on their promises of new ...
Georgia Veterans Would Gain Health Coverage Through Expansion
If Georgia expands Medicaid in 2014, nearly 25,000 uninsured veterans and 7,000 of their spouses could get health ...
U.S. House Version of Farm Bill Threatens Nutrition Assistance for Georgia Families
The U.S. House’s Agriculture Committee passed a farm bill this week that would cut more than $20 billion ...
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, ...
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