Reports
Overview: 2020 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Human Services
Alex Camardelle
February 1, 2019
More Investments for Big System Reforms Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed $825 million Department of Human Services budget for ...
Overview: 2020 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Community Health
Laura Harker
February 1, 2019
Governor Brian Kemp proposed a 2020 budget of $2.96 billion in state general funds for the Department of ...
Overview: 2020 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education
Jennifer Lee
February 1, 2019
Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2020 budget of $2.58 billion for the university system and $373 million for technical ...
Overview: 2020 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education
Stephen Owens
February 1, 2019
Governor Brian Kemp’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2020 allocates $10.6 billion to Georgia’s public schools, a nearly ...
Overview of Georgia’s 2020 Fiscal Year Budget
Danny Kanso
January 24, 2019
Georgia’s 83rd governor, Brian P. Kemp, introduced his administration’s policy priorities by submitting a proposed $27.5 billion budget ...
College Need-Based Aid Presents Opportunity to Propel More Low-Income Georgians to Middle Class
Jennifer Lee
January 8, 2019
During the 2018 legislative session, the Georgia Legislature passed House Bill 787 with a provision authorizing the Georgia ...
Beyond Basic Education: Five Ways for Georgia to Fund Schools Fairly
Stephen Owens
December 11, 2018
The state of Georgia withheld $9 billion from public schools over the last fifteen years. This report offers ...
Increase the State Tobacco Tax for a Healthier Georgia
Laura Harker
December 4, 2018
Georgia could raise more than $400 million a year to make critical investments for the health and well-being ...
Growing Diverse, Thriving Together
Alex Camardelle
October 25, 2018
Embracing Equity and Inclusion to Bolster Georgia’s Economy By Wesley Tharpe, Research Director and Alex Camardelle, Senior Policy ...
A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle Class
Wesley Tharpe
October 17, 2018
A Georgia Work Credit would give a bottom-up tax cut to more than a million working families in Georgia, providing lifelong benefits for children and ...
State Earned Income Tax Credits — a Proven Tool to Improve Health
Laura Harker
August 29, 2018
People living in communities suffering from poverty are more likely to be saddled with poorer health.[1] The richest ...
Voluntary Immigration Enforcement a Costly Choice for Georgia Communities
Wesley Tharpe
July 18, 2018
Georgia’s local governments aligned closely with the federal government’s system of immigration enforcement over the past decade, especially ...