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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Georgia Budget Primer 2014
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Human Services
Georgia’s spending to help children, the poor and seniors is overseen by the state Department of Human Services, ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care
Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Education
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
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
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
Georgians who lose their jobs after July 1 can expect one less week in unemployment insurance benefits – ...
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 ...
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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