GBPI In The News Savannah-Chatham schools face cramped classes January 17, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia legislators have imposed revenue reductions to the public education budget, called austerity cuts, for more than a decade, and 95 percent of the state’s cash-strapped school districts have increased class sizes to help make ends mee Read more. Read more » Education K-12 schools State Budget
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes Now’s time for strategic fixes January 12, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig | 1 Comment on Now’s time for strategic fixes As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution For the first time in years, state leaders are sending signals before the January General Assembly that they might raise revenues to fix a challenge Georgia needs to address, in this case its neglected transportation system. A new legislative committee report outlines a menu of options to raise more […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes
GBPI In The News Now’s time for strategic fixes January 11, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin AJC op-ed: For the first time in years, state leaders are sending signals before the January General Assembly that they might raise revenues to fix a challenge Georgia needs to address, in this case its neglected transportation system. Read more. Read more » Alan Essig Legislature State Budget
Blog John McCosh State Budget, Schools and Health Care Made for Lively GBPI Conference January 9, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by John McCosh State revenues are growing just enough for Georgia to do little more than tread water. Georgia lawmakers need to address hurdles that hinder the state’s schoolchildren, such as lack of funding and early childhood education. And a growing number of states are finding ways to close the health insurance coverage gap through Medicaid expansion. Those […] Read more » Affordable Care Act Alan Essig Education health Legislative Update State Budget
GBPI In The News Ga. tax revenues up, but not enough January 7, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The improving economy raised state tax collections by 9 percent in December over the same month last year, but an expert on state budgets warned Wednesday that the added money won’t stretch far. Read more. Read more » Alan Essig Legislature State Budget
Alan Essig Budget and Taxes Mediocre Revenue Growth Won’t Fix Georgia’s Transportation, Education, Other Challenges December 11, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig It was good to hear state leaders acknowledge the need to bolster the state’s finances this week at an Athens conference attended by veteran and newly elected lawmakers preparing for next year’s legislative session. A state study committee spent months to determine that Georgia’s years of neglect of its transportation system is now a detriment […] Read more » Alan Essig State Budget State Taxes
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes State Closes Fiscal Year with Sluggish 2014 Revenues August 14, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig Georgia’s revenues grew 4.8 percent for the 2014 fiscal year that ended June 30. Such growth is well below the 8.2 percent average of the 13 non-recession years between 1993 and 2007. The difference between 4.8 percent growth and 8.2 percent growth is $623 million. Georgia could accomplish a lot of good things with $623 […] Read more » State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Policy Areas Reports Georgia Budget Primer 2015 August 6, 2014 / April 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI is proud to publish the latest edition of our annual comprehensive analysis of the state’s financial blueprint, the “Georgia Budget Primer 2015.” This primer is a clear explanation of the state’s revenue collections and its current spending plan through next June. The 2015 edition tells the story of a state that continues to shortchange […] Read more » State Budget
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes Hold off Celebration for Modest State Revenue Growth June 11, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Alan Essig Georgia’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 […] Read more » State Budget
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes Georgia Senate Proposes New Venture Capital, Other Small Changes to 2015 Budget March 7, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig Georgia’s state senators continue to usher a proposed budget for the 2015 fiscal year through the legislative process at a record pace. Senators approved their version of HB 744, better known as the state budget, on March 6, 2014 the thirty-third day of this year’s legislative session. The budget bill will is now in the […] Read more » State Budget
