Author Blog Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Timothy Sweeney School Workers, State Retirees Make Gains in 2017 House Budget Passed Today February 19, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 2 Comments on School Workers, State Retirees Make Gains in 2017 House Budget Passed Today The Georgia House of Representatives today proposed increased benefits for state retirees and expanding raises to public school support workers as it put its own touches on the governor’s proposed $23.7 billion budget for 2017. State senators get a chance as soon as next week to insert their chamber’s priorities, as Georgia’s 2017 budget makes […] Read more » FY2017 State Budget Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News Georgia legislature approves amended budget February 18, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Georgia General Assembly has approved the 2016 Amended State Budget. The next stop for the so-called “little” budget is Gov. Nathan Deal’s desk. Read more. Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes State Budget transportation-funding
Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Pre-K and HOPE Rebound in 2017 Budget, Still Room to Improve February 4, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs The nearly $1.05 billion for lottery-funded programs in Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed budget adds money to increase Pre-Kindergarten teachers’ salaries and expands a grant program for technical college students. These are helpful steps to improve the quality of the Pre-K program and make college more affordable for some students. But more needs to done to […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education HOPE Scholarship Pre-K State Budget
Budget and Taxes Library Policy Areas Reports Timothy Sweeney Overview of Georgia’s 2017 Fiscal Year Budget January 20, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney The $23.7 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2017 fiscal year represents a high water mark for state spending in a single year. The governor proposes a $1.9 billion increase in total state spending compared to the 2016 budget, but only returns overall state spending to pre-recession levels measured on a […] Read more » State Budget
Blog Budget and Taxes Featured Timothy Sweeney Record State Budget Still Reflects Austere Approach January 20, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney You’ve no doubt heard reports that the $23.7 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2017 fiscal year starting July 1, 2016 represents a high water mark for state spending in a single year. It’s true that a healthier economy, population growth in Georgia and the willingness of lawmakers last year to […] Read more » Budget Overview State Budget
Budget and Taxes Taifa Smith Butler Get education, health care right to build Georgia’s prosperity January 11, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler This op-ed was first published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan. 10, 2016. Education and health care spending amount to about three quarters of the state budget Georgia lawmakers are set to shape when they return to the Gold Dome this week. Before the 40-day session ends at the outset of spring many other topics will […] Read more » State Budget
Alex Camardelle Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe Tax Shift Plans Chart Wrong Path to Reform October 14, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe State legislators are likely to consider large-scale changes to Georgia’s tax system when they return to work in January 2016, and some ideas they’re poised to debate threaten serious harm to Georgia families and the state’s ability to maintain a strong economy and high quality of life. Read the full report. One prominent proposal is […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Better Ways to Fix Georgia Taxes October 14, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 1 Comment on Better Ways to Fix Georgia Taxes As Published in the AJC State lawmakers can seize a real opportunity to improve the lives of Georgia families if they take up the topic of comprehensive tax reform in the next legislative session. First, they’ll need to discard misguided plans to slash income tax rates and raise sales taxes that make pending tax proposals untenable. […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Georgia Budget Primer 2016 August 5, 2015 / March 23, 2021 by GBPI Admin Where does the money for Georgia’s $21.8 billion budget come from this year? How does the new transportation tax work? Is Georgia finally funding K-12 education at the level called for in its own formula? GBPI’s “Georgia Budget Primer 2016” answers these questions and many more in 44 pages designed to provide a clear explanation […] Read more » Department of Human Services Education Georgia Budget Primer K-12 medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget State Taxes
Blog Wesley Tharpe Time to Retire Georgia’s Sales Tax Holidays July 30, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 1 Comment on Time to Retire Georgia’s Sales Tax Holidays This weekend marks the return of that semi-annual Georgia tradition, the two-day sales tax holiday, this one for back-to-school supplies. But when state legislators return to work in January 2016, they can seize the chance to bring the misguided tradition to an end. Experts from across the ideological spectrum agree that sales tax holidays provide […] Read more » sales tax holiday State Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
