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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
GSU Study Conclusion is Flawed
A new study that casts vital family supports in a bad light relies on far-fetched assumptions about the ...
Weekly Update March 8, 2013
Legislation Passed or Still Pending for this Session HB 454 proposes taking a small step toward increasing the ...
Transparency for Private School Scholarships Improves
Senate Bill 243 (SB 243), unlike the related House Bill 140 (HB 140) introduced earlier in 2013 legislative ...
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 ...
“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.” ...
Weekly Update March 1, 2013
HB 395 proposes to create a costly new tax break for insurance companies that invest in “qualified community ...
Georgia’s Reaction to Reports of Welfare Waste Poses Administrative Nightmare
This week the General Assembly began considering House Bill 138 (HB 138), legislation designed to discourage the misuse ...
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