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New Report Gives Lawmakers a Menu of Revenue Options
Over the past few years, sharply declining state revenues led to deep cuts in vital investments like education and transportation.…
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More Support for Georgia Education Applauded at Policy Conference
Georgia should increase support for education and workforce development and reverse its recent course of cutting spending for services vital…
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Governor’s Budget Keeps Georgia on the Wrong Path
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year continues an unfortunate path Georgia has been on since the…
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Republican Governors Warming Up to Medicaid, What About Georgia?
In this week’s State of the State address, Gov. Nathan Deal reiterated his opposition to using Medicaid to expand access…
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If Not Medicaid Expansion, What is the Plan?
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Gov. Nathan Deal announced today, in no uncertain terms, that he intends to leave half-a-million Georgians…
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State Revenues Improve, but Tough Budget Decisions Loom
Posted by Alan Essig Georgia’s December revenue report, out this week, is both good news and bad. The good news…
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GBPI Joins Cover Georgia to Urge Health Care Expansion
Posted by Timothy Sweeney The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute today joined doctors, hospitals, patients and other nonprofits to announce…
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Slashing state services again will do lasting economic damage to Georgia
The Saporta Report features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed on cuts-only approach in Georgia. As…
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Reality Check: Stilling the Heart During a Tumultuous Season
Posted by Taifa S. Butler Newtown, Connecticut. Without saying anything else, I’m sure many hearts—like mine— fill with sadness thinking…
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