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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 ...
Medicaid Expansion Could be a Lifeline for Veterans
Memorial Day is one day we set aside to honor service members who lost their lives to protect ...
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 ...
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