Reports
The Schoolhouse Squeeze
State Cuts, Plunging Property Values Pinch School Districts Georgia’s school districts are struggling against a relentless financial squeeze. ...
Tax Shift Plans Threaten Georgia’s Future
Proposals Would Hurt Families, Businesses, Communities and the Economy Currently in vogue in several states, plans to drastically ...
Georgia Budget Primer 2014
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Human Services
Georgia’s spending to help children, the poor and seniors is overseen by the state Department of Human Services, ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care
Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Education
The $9.7 billion Georgia is investing in education in 2014 accounts for more than half of all state ...
Tax Revisions Keep Georgia on the Wrong Path
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Closing the Books on 2013 Tax revisions passed by the Georgia Legislature and ...
Analysis: Georgia Senate Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2014
Relatively Minor Differences with Georgia House’s Proposal The Georgia State Senate made relatively minor adjustments to the House ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Tax Plans Nearly Complete
Crossover Day Report: Tax Revisions Worsen Georgia’s Short-Term Finances Georgia revenues are expected to drop by about $80 ...
Transparency for Private School Scholarships Improves
Senate Bill 243 (SB 243), unlike the related House Bill 140 (HB 140) introduced earlier in 2013 legislative ...
“Invest Georgia” Has Merit, Cannot Take Priority Over Other Needs
Two bills under consideration by the General Assembly would create an ambitious new economic development program, “Invest Georgia.” ...
Private School Scholarships to Divert $30 Million More in Revenue
Championed as a quasi-voucher bill by its author, House Bill 140 would expand Georgia’s private school scholarship tax ...
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