Reports
Governor’s Proposed Health Budgets
Highlights of the FY 2012 budgets for the Department of Community Health and Department of Behavioral Health & ...
Race to the Top Initiative Aims to Improve K-12 Education in Georgia
Over the next four years, the Georgia Department of Education and 26 local education agencies will invest nearly ...
New Proposed State Fund Cuts Could Cost Georgia Millions in Federal Funds
Proposed state fund cuts for the Department of Human Services current budget and FY 2012 budget could prevent ...
Other States Take Action on Tax Breaks
Tax breaks are enacted each year and, once in the tax code, remain there without evaluation or scrutiny. ...
Establishing an Economic Security Task Force in Georgia
The Great Recession has dramatically changed the face of poverty in Georgia. More middle class families are falling ...
Advancing Georgia’s 1930s Tax System to the Modern Day
The report offers recommendations to the 2010 Tax Reform Council that stress a workable combination of raising enough ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2010: Gov Vetoes Revenue Drains, but Signs Law to Raise Taxes on Poor
The General Assembly passed bills to raise $438 million and improve tax collections during the recent legislative session, ...
State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011
Georgia has 13.7% cumulatively less TANF funds than it had to use for families struggling to make ends ...
Lawmakers Protect Medicaid, Funding Gaps Loom for 2012: Analysis of FY 2011 Health Care Budgets
Lawmakers cut Department of Community Health by $236.8 million and increased support for the Department of Behavioral Health ...
Deep Cuts to Government Mark Fiscal Year 2011, Budget May Yet Be in the Red
The Great Recession has resulted in the worst fiscal crisis in more than 70 years, resulting in multi-billion ...
State Budget Slashes Services for Children, Poor, and the Elderly
Responding to Georgia’s low projected revenues for this upcoming fiscal year, Georgia legislators and the governor agreed to ...
Education Budgets FY 2011 Highlights … And the Four Options for the Future
In response to continued revenue declines and limited new revenue measures, lawmakers cut education — K-12, University System, ...
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