Reports
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
GBPI Admin
January 27, 2012
The governor’s FY 2013 budget recommendations increase state General Funds to the Department of Behavioral Health and ...
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Public Health
GBPI Admin
January 27, 2012
Funding for the new Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) began in FY 2012. The agency houses public ...
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Human Services
GBPI Admin
January 27, 2012
The governor’s FY 2013 budget recommends $2.8 million less in state General Funds compared to FY 2012. Secondly, ...
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Budget Overview
GBPI Admin
January 24, 2012
The FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Budget Overview report examines the Governor’s FY 2013 budget and its impact on ...
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: PK-12 Education
GBPI Admin
January 24, 2012
Amidst a tenuous economic recovery, Georgia remains far from its fiscal position prior to the economic downturn. The ...
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Higher Education
GBPI Admin
January 24, 2012
The FY 2013 budgets for higher education provide modest spending increases compared to FY 2012. The budgets provide funding ...
Tax Foundation’s Business Climate Rankings a Poor Guide for Lawmakers
Wesley Tharpe
January 10, 2012
By essentially any measure, Georgia is a low-tax, low-regulation, business-friendly state. So, why does Georgia’s business tax climate ...
CAPCO: A Bad Investment for Georgia
Wesley Tharpe
January 10, 2012
Many Georgia policymakers and business leaders contend the state has a shortage of venture capital, a form of ...
Making a Case for Need-based Financial Aid in Georgia
Alan Essig
December 8, 2011
By 2020 an estimated 61 percent of all jobs in the state will require a career certificate or ...
State of Working Georgia 2011
GBPI Admin
November 17, 2011
State of Working Georgia uses data on wages, jobs, unemployment and poverty to closely examine the effect of ...
Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency
GBPI Admin
September 28, 2011
Years of employer tax cuts left Georgia unprepared for a recession and high unemployment; now the state is ...
Report Highlights Harmful Effects of Federal Medicaid Cuts on Georgia’s Economy
GBPI Admin
July 5, 2011
Medicaid cuts in the House Republican budget, if implemented today, would have a devastating impact on Georgia’s economy. ...