Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes Health Justice False Choices Cloud Medicaid Expansion Debate March 3, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig | 1 Comment on False Choices Cloud Medicaid Expansion Debate Who says Georgia can’t have first-rate schools, a quality health care system and a public safety net that offers support to some of the most vulnerable Georgians? Some state leaders who oppose Medicaid expansion in Georgia, that’s who. Bills to make Medicaid expansion more difficult are rushing through the Legislature, rationalized by claims that the […] Read more » State Budget
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes Lawmakers Tinker Slightly with Governor’s 2015 Budget as Session Speeds Along February 14, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig Neither snow, nor sleet seem likely to slow Georgia’s 2014 legislative session.The sine die gavel is now scheduled to drop March 20, 2014. The General Assembly is set to return from its snow break Monday to resume its work on its only constitutionally required bill, the 2015 fiscal year budget, or HB 744. The state […] Read more » State Budget
Author Budget and Taxes Claire Suggs K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education January 29, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs Funding Inches Up, Gaps Persist Georgia’s proposed $1.94 billion budget for higher education in the 2015 fiscal year adds some much needed money for several key initiatives compared to the prior year. However most of the increase just keeps pace with growth and rising health care and retirement costs. This means funding for Georgia’s university […] Read more » State Budget
Author Budget and Taxes Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Business Subsidies January 24, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe State Support for Private Sector Remains High Georgia plans to spend about $683 million on various tax breaks and economic development programs to subsidize private businesses in the upcoming 2015 fiscal year. This high level of support for Georgia’s private sector is an annual recurrence. Each year, state lawmakers spend hundreds of millions of dollars […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes
Author Budget and Taxes Claire Suggs Featured K-12 Education Policy Areas Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education January 23, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs Budget Cuts for K-12 Shrink, but Still Loom Large The $7.95 billion budget proposal for public education in the state’s 2015 fiscal year makes a down payment to eliminate the austerity cut in state funding for schools. Most districts should be able to restore the school calendar to the 180-day standard next year. However, most […] Read more » K-12 State Budget
Author Budget and Taxes Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Timothy Sweeney Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year for Medicaid and PeachCare January 22, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney The governor’s budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year adds a net increase of $143 million more than 2014 in new state money for Georgia’s Medicaid and PeachCare programs, which are administered by the Department of Community Health. The state plans to spend $2.9 billion to pay for health care services for nearly 1.9 million […] Read more » State Budget
Author Budget and Taxes Claire Suggs K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs January 22, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs Funding for Pre-Kindergarten and HOPE Falls Short of Students’ Needs The governor’s proposed $948 million budget for the state’s lottery-funded programs in the 2015 fiscal year falls short of what is needed to provide Georgians broad access to pre-kindergarten and higher education programs. Georgia’s 20-year-old system that uses lottery proceeds to make education more affordable […] Read more » State Budget
Author Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Library Melissa Johnson Policy Areas Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Human Services Budget January 21, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Strategic Additions Made to DHS Budget; Service Cuts Since Recession Retained The governor’s $516.1 million budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year makes strategic additions to help protect Georgia’s children and adults, but falls far short of restoring funds to pre-recession levels. The state’s spending plan makes it somewhat easier for the Department of Human […] Read more » State Budget
Alan Essig Author Budget and Taxes Featured Library Reports Overview of Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Budget January 21, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Alan Essig The $20.8 billion budget proposed for Georgia’s 2015 fiscal year projects general fund revenue growth of 4.3 percent, or $807 million more than the recently revised 2014 revenue estimate. State revenues are back to pre-recession levels, but the proposed budget still incorporates in its base several billion dollars in program cuts made during the past […] Read more » State Budget
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes New State Budget Plan Takes Small Steps to Repair Damage from Years of Cuts January 17, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Alan Essig | 3 Comments on New State Budget Plan Takes Small Steps to Repair Damage from Years of Cuts Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Wednesday unveiled a state budget for the 2015 fiscal year that includes $807 million in new revenues. That money will be allocated for: Allocation Amount Partial Restoration of K-12 Education Formula Austerity Cut $314 million Medicaid and PeachCare Growth $170 million K-12 and Higher Education Formula Growth $151 million State Employees/Teachers […] Read more » State Budget
