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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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Health, Entrepreneurship, and Child Care Among Top Priorities for Georgia Women
+ Full Article: Health, Entrepreneurship, and Child Care Among Top Priorities for Georgia WomenMillions of moms graduate from college every year. Women-owned Georgia businesses generate millions of dollars in revenue and create thousands of living wage jobs. Affordable child care for all working mothers. Women earn equal pay for equal work. All women live longer with access to high quality and affordable health care. These are pieces of…
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Rome Listening Tour Provides Earful on Community Mental Health Problems
+ Full Article: Rome Listening Tour Provides Earful on Community Mental Health ProblemsTalk to people around Rome, Ga. for a while and the conversation often shifts to the lingering stresses that plague the community after a state mental health facility closed seven years ago. Homelessness. Drug abuse. People with mental disabilities stuck in jail cells. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute team visited Rome earlier this month…
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Lawmakers Slash Income Taxes, Approve Miscellaneous Tax Changes
+ Full Article: Lawmakers Slash Income Taxes, Approve Miscellaneous Tax ChangesAdding Up the Fiscal Notes: Session Recap 2018 Georgia legislators and Gov. Nathan Deal approved 11 tax measures during the 2018 legislative session that will affect state revenues in coming years. Ten bills with immediate revenue implications will cost an estimated $862 million over the next five years, compared to Georgia’s past collections. This cost…
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Rome Stop on GBPI Listening Tour Highlights Need for Workforce Training, Health Care Access
+ Full Article: Rome Stop on GBPI Listening Tour Highlights Need for Workforce Training, Health Care AccessOn a beautiful spring morning in the northwest foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a group of community leaders in Rome, Ga. gathered over breakfast, laughter and catch-up conversations. But as the morning meeting settled in, the friendly exchanges about neighbors and talk of the Rome Braves game tapered off. A heavy and intense discussion ensued…
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New State Budget Marks Progress, Leaves Important Work Undone
+ Full Article: New State Budget Marks Progress, Leaves Important Work UndoneGeorgia’s new annual budget signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal last week marks a positive step forward on education and a few other crucial issues, yet also falls short of addressing some of the state’s most pressing needs. The approved spending plan for the 2019 budget year that begins July 1, 2018 includes a…
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A Health Insurance Card in Every Georgian’s Pocket
+ Full Article: A Health Insurance Card in Every Georgian’s PocketThousands of Georgians are stuck without any affordable options for health insurance because state leaders repeatedly reject billions of dollars meant to pay for coverage. About 240,000 workers, students, veterans and other Georgians make too little to get financial help to buy health insurance and do not currently qualify for Medicaid. The majority of these…
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Sine Die 2018: Education Gets its Due
+ Full Article: Sine Die 2018: Education Gets its DueA fully funded K-12 education formula. Hasty and sweeping tax changes. Georgia’s first foray into need-based financial aid for college students. A harmful anti-immigrant measure left on the cutting room floor. Georgia lawmakers left those legacies from the just-ended 2018 General Assembly. March entered with a controversial income tax cut and went out with the…
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Legislative Watch Day 39: State Budget, Education Vouchers and More
+ Full Article: Legislative Watch Day 39: State Budget, Education Vouchers and MoreAs the 2018 General Assembly nears the closing gavel, Georgia lawmakers are trying to find a path to use public dollars to boost private schools, provide need-based aid for college students and impose rules that target immigrants in counterproductive ways. They’re also putting the finishing touches on Georgia’s spending plan for the upcoming 2019 budget…
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Lawmakers Approve Major Tax Plan, Still Reviewing Several Tax Breaks
+ Full Article: Lawmakers Approve Major Tax Plan, Still Reviewing Several Tax BreaksAdding Up the Fiscal Notes: Post Crossover Day 2018 A range of tax bills are still in the pipeline at the General Assembly after lawmakers already approved a sweeping package of income tax cuts. Georgia’s 2018 General Assembly advanced 11 pieces of tax legislation by the Feb. 28 Crossover Day milestone that affect state revenues…
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