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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...

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