Reports
Overview: 2016 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education
Claire Suggs
January 28, 2015
Still About $470 Million Short of Funding Formula The $8.49 billion for public schools in Governor Deal’s budget ...
Overview of Georgia’s 2016 Fiscal Year Budget
GBPI Admin
January 21, 2015
The $21.8 billion budget proposed for Georgia’s 2016 fiscal year projects revenue growth of about 4.2 percent in ...
Money Matters: Increased Education Investment Linked to Higher Achievement
Claire Suggs
December 16, 2014
Money invested in student learning matters. This is the conclusion most researchers reach after examining the relationship between ...
Better Pay for Honest Work
Wesley Tharpe
November 12, 2014
Raise Georgia’s Minimum Wage to Expand Middle Class, Strengthen Economy Georgia’s economy is increasingly tilted toward the types ...
Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet 2014
Claire Suggs
October 16, 2014
Schools across Georgia continue to scramble to meet students’ needs as they cope with years of deep cuts ...
The Schoolhouse Squeeze 2014
Claire Suggs
September 4, 2014
State Cuts, Lost Property Values Still Pinch School Districts Georgia’s 180 school districts continue to face enormous financial ...
State of Working Georgia 2014
Wesley Tharpe
August 27, 2014
Workers Squeezed by Tough Labor Market, Shrinking Paychecks Georgia’s economy has improved markedly since the darkest days of ...
Georgia Budget Primer 2015
GBPI Admin
August 6, 2014
GBPI is proud to publish the latest edition of our annual comprehensive analysis of the state’s financial blueprint, ...
Bad Times for Good Jobs
Wesley Tharpe
July 17, 2014
Georgia’s Shrinking Middle Class Opportunity A good-paying job is the cornerstone of a secure middle-class life, but Georgia’s ...
Menu of Revenue Options to Pave Way for Georgia’s Rebound
Wesley Tharpe
June 26, 2014
Low Revenues Keeping Georgia on a Path to Mediocrity, 2014 Update Georgia is one of the lowest-taxed states ...
At the Bottom of a Broken Ladder
Melissa Johnson
June 19, 2014
A Profile of Georgia’s Low-Income Working Families Nearly four in ten of Georgia’s working families with children are ...
Georgia Still Climbing Out of Deep Economic Hole
GBPI Admin
May 8, 2014
State of Working Georgia: Spring Update, 2014 Georgia continues to face serious economic challenges more than four years ...


