Reports
Income Tax Bill Offers Earned Income Tax Credit Upside, Flat Tax Downside
Wesley Tharpe
February 21, 2017
Bill Analysis: House Bill 329 (LC 43 0564) – Updated February 27, 2017 Members of the Georgia House ...
Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education
Claire Suggs
February 13, 2017
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed budget of nearly $2.3 billion for the university system and approximately $360 million for ...
Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs
Claire Suggs
February 10, 2017
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed 2018 budget includes $57.4 million in additional lottery funds, bringing the combined total for ...
Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services
Melissa Johnson
February 7, 2017
Services for Children and Older Adults Get Substantial Boost Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed $732 million Department of Human ...
Overview: 2018 Budget for Department of Community Health
Laura Harker
February 7, 2017
Governor Nathan Deal proposes a 2018 budget of $2.57 billion in state general funds for the Department of ...
Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education
Claire Suggs
February 2, 2017
Gov. Nathan Deal’s budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year boosts funding for Georgia’s 1.7 million public school ...
Young Immigrants Vital to Georgia’s Workforce, Healthy Economy
Wesley Tharpe
February 1, 2017
Potential harsher federal immigration policies under the new presidential administration pose special concern for young Georgians whose parents ...
Georgia Stands to Lose Millions from Crackdown on Young Immigrants
Wesley Tharpe
February 1, 2017
The potential for harsher federal immigration policies under the new presidential administration poses special concern for young Georgians ...
Overview of Georgia’s 2018 Fiscal Year Budget
Wesley Tharpe
January 25, 2017
The $25 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2018 fiscal year starting July 1, ...
A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle Class Update
Wesley Tharpe
December 16, 2016
An Updated Case for a State Earned Income Tax Credit Updated Dec. 2016. Originally published Aug. 2015. Building ...
Student Success in the Balance: Update for 2017
Claire Suggs
October 19, 2016
Updated Oct. 27, 2016 Schools Likely Worse Off With New Funding Formula Strong public schools are essential in ...
Unlocking the Benefits of an Inclusive Health Workforce
Laura Harker
October 7, 2016
Diversifying Georgia’s Health Workforce Could Expand Access, Improve Care As the population of Georgia continues to rapidly grow ...