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Georgia’s Higher Education Goals Hurt by Undocumented Student Policies
+ Full Article: Georgia’s Higher Education Goals Hurt by Undocumented Student PoliciesAcross Georgia, people aspire to go to college. But students caught in the web of immigration laws and policies face daunting barriers. Many students who grew up in Georgia and lack a path to legal status must pay a much higher price for college. At the same time, they are barred from most loans, grants…
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Middle-Class Georgians an Afterthought in Federal Tax Proposal
+ Full Article: Middle-Class Georgians an Afterthought in Federal Tax ProposalLawmakers in our nation’s capital are set to consider a sweeping package of tax changes that appears to mostly overlook families struggling to make ends meet, both nationwide and here in Georgia. A new nonpartisan analysis of the initial tax plan released by Congressional leaders and the Trump Administration reveals the bulk of potential benefits…
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Graham-Cassidy Bill Risks Health Coverage and Pre-Existing Condition Protections for Georgians
+ Full Article: Graham-Cassidy Bill Risks Health Coverage and Pre-Existing Condition Protections for GeorgiansThe U.S. Senate plans to vote next week on yet another proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Like proposals senators rejected in July, the just released Graham-Cassidy bill caps and cuts the Medicaid program and allow states to remove protections that allow residents to get and keep their coverage. These changes…
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Updated: Proposed Medicaid Cuts Threaten Georgia’s Most Vulnerable Students
+ Full Article: Updated: Proposed Medicaid Cuts Threaten Georgia’s Most Vulnerable StudentsMore than 118,000 students in Georgia cope with disabilities. Some are students with visual or hearing impairments while others have autism or developmental delays. Many have learning disabilities, speech impairments or other intellectual or physical disabilities. These children need extra support to attend classes with their peers and fulfill their potential. This extra support requires…
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Adding Citizens a Powerful Way to Boost Georgia Communities
+ Full Article: Adding Citizens a Powerful Way to Boost Georgia CommunitiesStates and cities nationwide are discovering they can strengthen their local economies and boost tax revenues by encouraging immigrants legally in the country on a permanent basis to become citizens. About 9 million people nationwide live in the country as lawful permanent residents and are eligible to become naturalized citizens[1], including an estimated 195,000 in…
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Georgia Takes Steps to Strengthen the Health Care Workforce
+ Full Article: Georgia Takes Steps to Strengthen the Health Care WorkforceGeorgia lawmakers are scheduled to meet Monday to study barriers that block Georgians’ access to adequate health care. The committee is set to examine ways to remedy provider shortages and ease scope of practice restrictions on advanced practice registered nurses. Georgia lawmakers can use this opportunity to consider some sensible solutions to improve provider capacity…
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Georgia’s Revenue Increase Trails Needs of Growing Population
+ Full Article: Georgia’s Revenue Increase Trails Needs of Growing PopulationFor most Georgians July 1, 2017 was just another steamy summer day in the south. For state lawmakers and agency leaders, it marked the beginning of a new year, the annual restart of operating plans to track budget expenses against carefully prepared plans. Meanwhile, department heads close the books on the state’s 2017 fiscal year…
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How to Protect and Expand Health Care Access in Georgia
+ Full Article: How to Protect and Expand Health Care Access in GeorgiaThe defeat of health care legislation in the U.S. Senate last week marked a milestone in the effort to protect health care coverage in Georgia. People across the state raised their voice to protest proposed drastic cuts to Medicaid and the loss of health care coverage for hundreds of thousands of Georgians. Medicaid serves 2…
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Momentum on State Earned Income Tax Credits Evident Across the Country, Will Georgia Be Next?
+ Full Article: Momentum on State Earned Income Tax Credits Evident Across the Country, Will Georgia Be Next?This spring significant momentum built across the country for state earned income tax credits (EITCs). In recent months, three more states adopted new state-level EITCs to support low-wage workers struggling to make ends meet. Now 29 states and the District of Columbia provide the tax credit. Six of those states offer non-refundable credits, meaning the…
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