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So Many Georgians Struggle, but it Doesn’t Have to be That Way
For the last 15 years or so, I’ve peered out across many crowded rooms filled to capacity with bright-eyed, on…
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Pro-Worker Credits in Jeopardy this Labor Day
The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894 to honor the contributions workers make every day to…
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Pending TANF Changes Could Send Georgia Budget Writers Scrambling
Pending changes to a federal work-development and safety-net program that relies on state contributions could create a shortfall of tens…
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A Time-Tested Tax Tool to Grow Georgia’s Middle Class
Too many Georgians today work hard and play by the rules but fail to get ahead. Incomes are down, wages…
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Educating Adults Critical to Georgia’s Success
School is starting this week for many Georgia children but education ended much too soon for many of the state’s…
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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.…
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Medicaid Turns 50: Half a Century of Providing Health Care to Georgians
By Ann Hedges This month, Medicaid turns 50. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark legislation into law July 30, 1965.…
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Teacher Compensation a Contentious Issue for Education Reform Commission
Education funding is often a contentious topic, and so it is for the governor’s Education Reform Commission as a key…
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School District Employees Deserve Break from Rising Insurance Premiums
Just before the close of the 2015 fiscal year at the end of June, the state released a 24-page report…
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