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Growing Inequality Threatens Georgia’s Economy
Wesley Tharpe
December 19, 2012
Posted by Wesley Tharpe We often hear about the social and cultural differences that divide Georgians of different ...
The Clock is Ticking, and Georgia is Falling Further Behind
Claire Suggs
December 13, 2012
School kids in five states will be spending at least 300 more hours learning next school year, as ...
More evidence that expanding Medicaid is an offer Georgia shouldn’t refuse
Timothy Sweeney
November 27, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Fully implementing health care reform in Georgia would extend insurance coverage to more than ...
Policy Response Critical for Georgia’s Working Families
Wesley Tharpe
November 20, 2012
Posted by Wesley Tharpe Each year, GBPI’s State of Working Georgia report seeks to answer the question of ...
State of Working Georgia 2012
GBPI Admin
November 19, 2012
The State of Working Georgia brings together a wide range of data on jobs, incomes, poverty, health insurance, ...
Health care, politics don’t mix
Timothy Sweeney
November 16, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy Timothy ...
The countdown has begun
Timothy Sweeney
November 16, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney The countdown has begun: Now that the election is over comes news that what ...
The 5th poorest state needs to step up
Clare Richie
November 15, 2012
Posted by Clare S. Richie Nearly one in five Georgians — and one out of four children — ...
Georgia Poverty Still on the Rise, With Children Hit Hardest
Clare Richie
November 15, 2012
Nearly one in five Georgians, and one out of four children, live in poverty, according to 2011 U.S. ...
Georgia’s Abuse of TANF Provision Gets Congressional Attention
Clare Richie
November 8, 2012
Posted by Clare S. Richie Georgia recently attracted the attention of Congress because of its abuse of a ...
Medicaid Expansion Would Benefit Georgia Parents and Other Adults Without Insurance
GBPI Admin
November 6, 2012
Georgia has a chance to dramatically increase access to health coverage and to improve the lives of hundreds ...
Job Growth Improving, Yet Still Too Slow to Make Up Lost Ground
Wesley Tharpe
October 30, 2012
Posted by Wesley Tharpe It goes without saying that jobs and the economy are on everyone’s minds these ...
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