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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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Record State Budget Still Reflects Austere Approach
+ Full Article: Record State Budget Still Reflects Austere ApproachYou’ve no doubt heard reports that the $23.7 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2017 fiscal year starting July 1, 2016 represents a high water mark for state spending in a single year. It’s true that a healthier economy, population growth in Georgia and the willingness of lawmakers last year to…
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Get education, health care right to build Georgia’s prosperity
+ Full Article: Get education, health care right to build Georgia’s prosperityThis op-ed was first published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan. 10, 2016. Education and health care spending amount to about three quarters of the state budget Georgia lawmakers are set to shape when they return to the Gold Dome this week. Before the 40-day session ends at the outset of spring many other topics will…
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Welcome Newcomers to Build a Stronger Georgia
+ Full Article: Welcome Newcomers to Build a Stronger GeorgiaOpinions are rarely in short supply when it comes to immigration. Whether it’s on cable news, gathered around the family dining table or dominating your Facebook newsfeed, questions of how immigrants affect our economy and communities are clearly on people’s minds. It can prove difficult to separate fact from fiction, since it’s such an emotional…
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Immigrants Help Chart Georgia’s Course to Prosperity
+ Full Article: Immigrants Help Chart Georgia’s Course to ProsperityGeorgia transformed over the past few decades as immigrants from around the world brought new workers, new entrepreneurs and new taxpayers. Nearly one in 10 Georgians today was born outside of the United States and one in five Georgians under the age of 18 has at least one immigrant parent. This growing community of foreign-born…
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Struggling Health Care System Just Part of What Ails Rural Georgia
+ Full Article: Struggling Health Care System Just Part of What Ails Rural GeorgiaGeorgia is burdened with a host of health challenges across the state, from an uninsured rate that ranks among the highest in the nation to its lack of health care providers. This figures to be exacerbated by a financial crisis at the rural hospital in Fort Oglethorpe this month. Many patients lack access to needed…
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Support Georgia veterans through tax credits that work
+ Full Article: Support Georgia veterans through tax credits that workGuest Blogger Veterans Day should be about more than a chance to get a good deal on a new flat screen TV ahead of the holidays, although there’s nothing wrong with getting a bargain. A break on the sticker price also benefits the men and women who serve our country, many of whom struggle financially…
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A Blueprint to Bolster Georgia Families through Targeted Tax Reforms
+ Full Article: A Blueprint to Bolster Georgia Families through Targeted Tax ReformsState lawmakers and other civic-minded people who work to improve the lives of Georgia families have no shortage of important causes worthy of their attention. Fully funding public schools and providing affordable access to colleges and universities. Ensuring families get decent medical care by closing Georgia’s health insurance coverage gap. Promoting good-paying jobs and adequate…
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A Tax Blueprint to Strengthen Georgia
+ Full Article: A Tax Blueprint to Strengthen Georgia[vc_row el_class=”td-ss-row”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Fixing Georgia’s Tax System Can Help Working Families and Protect the State’s Investments Reforming Georgia’s rickety tax code is once again a hot topic among members of the General Assembly, and the question lawmakers must answer is how best to do it. The most prominent pending reform option would slash Georgia’s top…
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Healthier State Revenues Provide Opportunities
+ Full Article: Healthier State Revenues Provide OpportunitiesThe welcome news is state tax revenues are up about 9.4 percent during the first three months of the 2016 fiscal year that started July 1. Georgia’s year-to-date collections total $5.13 billion, up $438.7 million, compared to $4.69 billion last year. When Gov. Nathan Deal unveils his new state budget plan in January, he might…
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