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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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Menu of Revenue Options to Pave Way for Georgia’s Rebound
+ Full Article: Menu of Revenue Options to Pave Way for Georgia’s ReboundLow Revenues Keeping Georgia on a Path to Mediocrity, 2014 Update Georgia is one of the lowest-taxed states in the country, which prevents state and local governments from collecting the revenue they need to fully fund education, public services and other ingredients of economic success. But lawmakers can reverse these budget shortfalls by choosing from…
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Hold off Celebration for Modest State Revenue Growth
+ Full Article: Hold off Celebration for Modest State Revenue GrowthGeorgia’s revenues are up 4.5 percent over the first 11 months of the 2014 fiscal year. Still, revenues are stubbornly sticking to levels below the historical average for a non-recession year. In the 13 non-recession years between 1993 and 2007 Georgia’s revenue growth averaged 8.2 percent. Georgia takes in $675 million more in revenues with…
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Georgia’s Rural Health System Needs Comprehensive Exam
+ Full Article: Georgia’s Rural Health System Needs Comprehensive ExamGeorgia’s recently appointed Rural Hospital Stabilization Committee will convene Monday, June 9 for the first time and it should seize the opportunity to fix a health care access problem that cries out for a comprehensive solution. Hospitals are closing in rural Georgia at an alarming rate, including Charlton Memorial, the subject of a recent NPR…
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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2014 Session Recap
+ Full Article: Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2014 Session RecapTax Measures Further Whittle Away Revenues Revised May 28, 2014 A collection of tax measures that will drain up to $238 million from Georgia’s state treasury and $154 million from its local governments over the next five years were signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal this year. Although not as large as some past…
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Medicaid Expansion Still Georgia’s Best Way to Bridge Coverage Gap
+ Full Article: Medicaid Expansion Still Georgia’s Best Way to Bridge Coverage GapAs published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on May 11, 2014 A quick scan of recent headlines could leave you with the impression two state laws approved this year all but end any conversation about Medicaid expansion in Georgia. Fortunately that isn’t the case, for the sake of more than 500,000 uninsured Georgians, the state’s health…
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Radical Tax Policies in Kansas Offer Georgia a Cautionary Tale
+ Full Article: Radical Tax Policies in Kansas Offer Georgia a Cautionary TaleTrimming Georgia’s income tax rate is a hot topic of late and will likely be debated during the 2014 election season and next year’s General Assembly. But a recently released report by the nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) about what is happening in Kansas should throw up a big “caution!” sign…
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Newspaper Series Shines Light on What Georgia Loses Without Medicaid Expansion
+ Full Article: Newspaper Series Shines Light on What Georgia Loses Without Medicaid ExpansionThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Misty Williams just got a well-deserved laurel from the Columbia Journalism Review for her exemplary two-part series that clearly explains the tremendous downside to Georgia’s choice not to expand Medicaid. The second installment of the series last Sunday took a detailed look at the policy choice Georgia is making by not taking…
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Income Tax Cap Resolution a Low Point for 2014 Legislature
+ Full Article: Income Tax Cap Resolution a Low Point for 2014 LegislatureA reckless constitutional amendment designed to tie the hands of future lawmakers and hamstring the state’s ability to meet its growing needs over time stands out as the worst tax legislation passed by the 2014 Georgia General Assembly. Senate Resolution 415 places a constitutional amendment on this November’s ballot asking whether Georgia’s income tax should…
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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2014 Session Recap
+ Full Article: Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: 2014 Session RecapTax Measures Further Whittle Away Revenues A collection of tax measures that could drain up to $286 million from Georgia’s state treasury and $207 million from its local governments over the next five years gained the approval of the General Assembly this year. Although not as large as some past tax packages, the foregone revenue…
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