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House Budget Squeezes Schools, Health Care Providers
The Georgia House of Representatives this week rearranged the state’s 2016 budget plan for education, health care and human services…
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Tossing More Than 20,000 Georgians off State Health Plan a Bad Remedy
Tossing non-certified school district workers who work less than 30 hours per week off the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP)…
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Lift Georgia’s Economy with a Higher Minimum Wage
This month I spoke to a state senate committee about the merits of Senate Bill 15, legislation that could boost…
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Private School Subsidy Bill Promises Sticker Shock
Georgia lawmakers are sounding out a kinproposal to create Education Savings Accounts to allow parents of private and home school…
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Tax Swap Brings No Small Change
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed is featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; read full article here.
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Georgia’s Planned 2016 Health Spending – Modest Changes, Big Challenges
The proposed 2016 state budget directs $3.6 billion from the general fund to Georgia’s three health care focused agencies, the…
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Higher Class Sizes, Enrollment Drops Still a Drag on Lottery-funded Pre-K, HOPE Programs
The governor’s proposed $978 million budget for Georgia’s lottery funded programs in the 2016 fiscal year falls short of meeting…
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Swapping penny from schools, other state needs is not small change
As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Feb. 11, 2015. Some powerful Georgia lawmakers are floating a plan to move…
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Young and Old Georgians Still Vulnerable in 2016 Spending Plan
The good news is the governor’s proposed 2016 budget contains new state money to hire more child protective services workers,…
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