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Report: Medicaid Expansion Good for Georgia Workers
Timothy Sweeney
July 19, 2013
Expanding Medicaid eligibility to cover more uninsured adults beginning in 2014 would benefit Georgians from all walks of ...
Revenue Growth Makes State Budget Woes Less Worse
Alan Essig
July 17, 2013
Although Georgia’s revenue growth trend is positive, the state still faces significant budget problems. First, some good news: ...
New Income Stats Should be a Wake-Up Call
Wesley Tharpe
July 12, 2013
Georgia has slipped back more than three decades in its national ranking on a key measure of economic ...
Immigration Reform Would Bolster Georgia’s Strained Finances
Wesley Tharpe
July 10, 2013
Georgia would gain nearly $100 million in state and local tax revenue each year if Congress allows undocumented ...
New Guide to 2014 State Budget: We Do the Math for You
Alan Essig
July 9, 2013
Georgia just took the wraps off a new fiscal year July 1, which means a new twelve-month budget ...
Georgia Budget Primer 2014
GBPI Admin
July 9, 2013
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Human Services
Melissa Johnson
July 9, 2013
Georgia’s spending to help children, the poor and seniors is overseen by the state Department of Human Services, ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care
Timothy Sweeney
July 9, 2013
Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Education
Claire Suggs
July 9, 2013
The $9.7 billion Georgia is investing in education in 2014 accounts for more than half of all state ...
Pro-Family Tax Credits Help Guard Georgia’s Military Families from Poverty
Wesley Tharpe
July 2, 2013
An estimated 80,000 military families in Georgia, including both active-duty personnel and veterans, receive either the Earned Income ...
Georgia can blaze own path to expand Medicaid coverage
Timothy Sweeney
June 24, 2013
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney’s op-ed on Medicaid ...
Unemployment Benefits Will Run Out Faster for Georgians Laid Off After July 1
Melissa Johnson
June 20, 2013
Georgians who lose their jobs after July 1 can expect one less week in unemployment insurance benefits – ...
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