Last month, Gov. Brian Kemp directed most Georgia agencies to cut state spending, marking the first call for mandatory budget cuts since the Great Recession. If the governor recommends all of the cuts proposed by agency leaders, lawmakers will be
Georgia legislative leaders scheduled meetings later this month to hear how state agencies plan to respond to Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to cut their budgets, but they may spend that time talking to each other. The Kemp administration plans to
State lawmakers have seldom seen a tax cut they didn’t vote for, but legislators will be asked during the 2020 session to approve a reduction in the top income tax rate that a new report from GBPI’s Danny Kanso says
Georgia’s governor has ordered all state agencies to slash their budgets by 4% this year and an additional 6% next year. This is the first time state agencies have gotten an order like this since the Great Recession hit 10
Last Friday we held our fall policy forum, and over 150 attendees left the event ready to take action to expand economic opportunity for women. Attendees heard from our keynote, banking expert and UC Irvine law professor Mehrsa Baradaran. She presented
You can download and share all the images and charts in the Revenue Primer by clicking here. Budget Basics Georgia plans to spend $27.5 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2020 fiscal year. The
You can download and share all the images and charts in the Budget Trends Primer by clicking here. The $27.5 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp for the 2020 fiscal year starting July 1, 2019 represents
You can download and share all the images and charts in the Criminal Justice Primer by clicking here. The Georgia Department of Corrections budget for 2020 is $1.2 billion. The department oversees the state’s prison system, including contracts carried out
You can download and share all the images and charts in the Human Services Primer by clicking here. Georgia’s 2020 budget for the Department of Human Services is $830 million and includes new support to ensure the safety of Georgia’s
You can download and share all the images and charts in the Health Care Primer by clicking here. Three state agencies are primarily responsible for health care services in Georgia: the departments of Community Health, Public Health and Behavioral Health
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The Georgia Budget Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. It outlines Georgia’s budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems. This year we are taking special care to describe how federal funding contributes to Georgia’s budget.
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