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Whether you’re a policymaker exploring solutions, a student conducting research or someone just trying to learn more about the Georgia budget and fiscal policy, we produce research, analysis and testimony on a wide range of issues.
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Georgians Say Yes to Our People-First Agenda
+ Full Article: Georgians Say Yes to Our People-First AgendaThe public has spoken. It’s time to invest in Georgia’s people. Georgians struggling to make it to the middle class—not to mention stay in it—face unprecedented headwinds in today’s economy. Stagnant wages are stifling the middle class, and families are steadily losing buying power as living costs continue to rise. The lack of access to…
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New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for GBPI’s People-First Plan
+ Full Article: New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for GBPI’s People-First PlanAn overwhelming majority of Georgians want the state to invest in people-first strategies including expanded access to education and mental health services, while raising new revenue to pay for them, according to a Mason-Dixon statewide poll conducted this month. “We’re thrilled that the poll revealed widespread support for GBPI’s People-Powered Prosperity vision,” said Taifa Butler,…
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Voluntary Immigration Enforcement a Costly Choice for Georgia Communities
+ Full Article: Voluntary Immigration Enforcement a Costly Choice for Georgia CommunitiesDownload PDF Georgia’s local governments aligned closely with the federal government’s system of immigration enforcement over the past decade, especially in some rapidly diversifying counties around metro Atlanta. Beyond adhering to mandatory federal laws, this includes embracing voluntary practices designed solely to maximize arrests and deportations of unauthorized immigrants for infractions as minor as traffic…
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Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019
+ Full Article: Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019Download PDF Georgia Health Care Budget Overview Health care services are primarily delivered through three state agencies, the departments of Community Health, Public Health, and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. State funding for these three agencies totals $4.8 billion in 2019, which is about 19 percent of state general spending. General Fund appropriations for these…
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Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2019
+ Full Article: Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2019Download PDF Introduction Georgia plans to spend $26.2 billion in state funds raised through taxes and fees for the 2019 fiscal year. The budget plan anticipates a revenue increase of $1.2 billion, or 4.9 percent more than the prior year. Keep in mind when you hear Georgia’s $26.2 billion budget is record-setting that 64 percent…
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Supreme Court’s Online Sales Tax Decision Provides Georgia a Welcome Boost
+ Full Article: Supreme Court’s Online Sales Tax Decision Provides Georgia a Welcome BoostThe U.S. Supreme Court delivered a decision this month that puts brick-and-mortar businesses on a more level playing field with online retailers and offers Georgia lawmakers a chance to better meet the needs of the state’s people and communities. The decision could lead to a somewhat sizable influx of sales tax revenue for both the…
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Georgia Budget Primer 2019
+ Full Article: Georgia Budget Primer 2019Download PDF Click on the links below to learn about different policy areas of the 2019 budget. State Budget K-12 Education Higher Education Health Human Services Welcome to GBPI’s 2019 Budget Primer Georgia plans to spend $26.2 billion in state funds raised through taxes and fees for the 2019 fiscal year. The budget plan…
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Food Assistance Helps Promote a Healthy Georgia
+ Full Article: Food Assistance Helps Promote a Healthy GeorgiaAbout 1.7 million Georgians receive help to put meals on the table through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are considering changes to SNAP with the potential to reduce food benefits and increase costs and overhead for states. These threats to SNAP pose a risk of hunger for Georgia…
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Proposed Rule Change Threatens Legal Immigrants, U.S.-Born Children
+ Full Article: Proposed Rule Change Threatens Legal Immigrants, U.S.-Born ChildrenThe Trump administration appears likely to propose a change to longstanding immigration rules that could lead immigrants lawfully in the U.S. and their U.S. citizen children to forgo critical benefits such as health coverage and food assistance. Proposed revisions to the federal government’s so-called public charge policy, recently reported in the press, are expected to…
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