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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2012 – Tax Bills Have High Short-Term Cost; Comprehensive Reform Still Needed
State leaders have already cut nearly $2 billion in spending since before the recession, a truly massive blow ...
HOPE Awards and HOPE Dollars, Distribution of Hope Benefits by Institution and Household Income
Examining HOPE awards across household incomes, by institution, and factoring in tuition costs provides a telling picture of ...
Food Assistance for Georgians under Attack in Congress
Posted by Clare S. Richie Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to pass deep cuts to ...
State of Working Georgia: Jobs Count – April 2012
It will likely be several years unil the state’s job market returns to pre-recession levels. Although the state’s ...
Why Georgia Needs its Income Tax
With Georgia’s economy still lagging behind, state leaders are desperate for solutions. In recent years, some have called ...
Georgia’s Income Tax Essential for State’s Economy and Families
The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute’s new report Georgia’s Income Tax Essential for State’s Economy and Families examines ...
Getting Georgians’ Money Worth on Tax Expenditures
Posted by Wesley Tharpe Looking to grow their economies and create jobs, lawmakers across the country spend billions ...
HOPE for Whom? For Some it Doesn’t Pay to Play the Georgia Lottery
To meet 21st century business demands, Georgia must get more students into colleges, universities and technical schools, and ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features GBPI Op-ed: Less HOPE for those who contribute larger share of their income to the lottery
As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted by Taifa Smith Butler Georgia’s commitment to graduate 250,000 more college ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features GBPI Op-ed: Shot at real reforms fumbled yet again
As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted by: Alan Essig As we look back at the 2012 legislative ...
The 2012 Legislative Session Review
State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Health Policy Education Policy ...
Many Georgians Paying Taxes to their Boss
To hard-working Georgians, it may come as a surprise that the state taxes many of them pay on ...
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