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If Tax Money is used for Venture Capital, “Invest Georgia” is the Right Way

Although reasonable people can disagree about whether supporting private companies is a proper role for the state, a ...
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GBPI Shapes the Conversation

When the General Assembly is in session we find extra energy to make sure GBPI policy analysis reaches ...
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Don’t Expand Private School Scholarship Tax Credit Program Until Effectiveness is Proven

Why should Georgia divert more taxpayer money to support private school scholarships when the public has no idea ...
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Analysis: Georgia Senate Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2014

Relatively Minor Differences with Georgia House’s Proposal The Georgia State Senate made relatively minor adjustments to the House ...
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Medicaid Expansion Holds Promise of Health Care for Georgia Veterans

If you’re like most people, you probably assume that anyone who served honorably in the United States military ...
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Student Higher Ed Costs Soar as State Funding Drops

Georgia is investing far less in higher education today than it was five years ago, according to a ...
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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Tax Plans Nearly Complete

Crossover Day Report: Tax Revisions Worsen Georgia’s Short-Term Finances Georgia revenues are expected to drop by about $80 ...
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GSU Study Conclusion is Flawed

A new study that casts vital family supports in a bad light relies on far-fetched assumptions about the ...
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Weekly Update March 8, 2013

Legislation Passed or Still Pending for this Session HB 454 proposes taking a small step toward increasing the ...
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Transparency for Private School Scholarships Improves

Senate Bill 243 (SB 243), unlike the related House Bill 140 (HB 140) introduced earlier in 2013 legislative ...
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Some tax breaks might not work

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed on corporate tax breaks ...
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“Invest Georgia” Has Merit, Cannot Take Priority Over Other Needs

Two bills under consideration by the General Assembly would create an ambitious new economic development program, “Invest Georgia.” ...

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