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FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

  The governor’s FY 2013 budget recommendations increase state General Funds to the Department of Behavioral Health and ...
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FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Public Health

Funding for the new Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) began in FY 2012. The agency houses public ...
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FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Human Services

The governor’s FY 2013 budget recommends $2.8 million less in state General Funds compared to FY 2012. Secondly, ...
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Weekly Legislative Update, January 27, 2012

  This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and ...
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HB 718: Well-intentioned, well-designed, and must be paid for

Earlier this month, GBPI released a report evaluating a tax credit proposal called CAPCO that nearly passed the ...
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FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Budget Overview

The FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Budget Overview report examines the Governor’s FY 2013 budget  and its impact on ...
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FY 2013 Budget Analysis: PK-12 Education

Amidst a tenuous economic recovery, Georgia remains far from its fiscal position prior to the economic downturn. The ...
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FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Higher Education

The FY 2013 budgets for higher education provide modest spending increases compared to FY 2012. The budgets provide funding ...
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Guest Blogger: Jared Bernstein

I’m very excited about visiting the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute next week and just wanted to quickly ...
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Initial Thoughts on Budget and Tax Proposals

For the first time in several years there are no dramatic cuts in the governor’s proposed budget, although ...
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Tax Foundation’s Business Climate Rankings a Poor Guide for Lawmakers

By essentially any measure, Georgia is a low-tax, low-regulation, business-friendly state. So, why does Georgia’s business tax climate ...
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CAPCO: A Bad Investment for Georgia

Many Georgia policymakers and business leaders contend the state has a shortage of venture capital, a form of ...

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