The following commentary is from Frank Stephenson, chairman of the Economics Department at Berry College in Rome, for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here.
The General Assembly convened this year facing the daunting challenge of closing a billion-dollar budget hole, partly caused by the slumping economy [...]
The following commentary is from Benita Dodd for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here.
The Georgia Department of Transportation’s Draft Statewide Strategic Plan released this month reflects the state’s transportation approach for the next 20 years and, it’s promising that this time it’s two steps forward [...]
The following commentary is from Daniel Groce for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here.
If there’s one way to hurt student performance, it’s to strike at teacher morale. As teachers around the state scramble to get classrooms ready, many are working, for a few days at [...]
The following commentary is from Phred Barnet for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here.
Giving a tax incentive to a business to encourage economic development sounds like a great idea, but it is not. Tax breaks for businesses are little more than corporate welfare at the [...]
The following commentary is from Benita Dodd of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here.
Georgia’s Democratic Party is asking Georgians to sign its petition asking the state’s two senators to “support President Obama’s health care reform proposals, even if it means standing up to Republican leaders [...]
The following commentary is from Benita Dodd of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here.
They weren’t playing nice at the Capitol this year, and when legislators grabbed their toys and went home, neither chamber had won the transportation legislation tug-of war. Just because no agreement on [...]
The following commentary is from Kelly McCutchen of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here.
Georgia families and businesses are facing difficult economic times, but there is a bright side: At least they’re not residents of New York or California. New York’s Democratic governor has proposed 137 [...]
Originally posted at SWGA Politics.
On Wednesday, March 25, 2009, around 11:50 or so the Senate was discussing a proposed Amendment to HB 160, the Super Speeder bill that a few minutes later passed the Senate. This amendment would have forced the money generated to be used to fund a statewide trauma network, yet according to [...]