
Major reforms in taxes, criminal justice come up for vote in Georgia Legislature this week
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on the House fiscal year 2013 budget. Read full article.

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on the House fiscal year 2013 budget. Read full article.

Posted by: Alan Essig The controversy over fees being diverted from their intended purposes and instead used for other things is really a symptom of a bigger problem: Georgia lacks the money to invest in education, transportation, public safety and


Overall, the House FY 2013 Appropriations Bill, HB 742, referred to as the House FY 2013 Budget contains relatively minor adjustments to the governor’s budget proposal. Many of the adjustments restore some of the additional cuts as well as replace some

GBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney is quoted on state health budgets. Read Full Article.

The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is referenced by Rachel Brown of The Daily Citizen on funding for local school systems. Read Full Article.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – According to the report, the governor’s budget recommendations for FY 2013 increase state General Funds to the Department of Community Health (DCH); however, the increase is misleading. The bulk of the new funding restores funding

The governor’s FY 2013 budget recommends $2.8 million less in state General Funds compared to FY 2012. Secondly, there are shifts in state funds for program transfers in and out of the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) budget to

Earlier this month, GBPI released a report evaluating a tax credit proposal called CAPCO that nearly passed the Georgia legislature last year. A poorly-designed piece of “model legislation” with a dismal track record in other states, CAPCO thankfully seems to

GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on Medicaid funding. Read full article.
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