Commentary
5 Questions for This Labor Day in Georgia
Labor Day is the one holiday built entirely around work. Americans decided a long time ago that showing up and doing a job deserves recognition.
Commentary
Dolly Parton’s Georgia Connection – and the Literacy Fight She Leaves Behind
When it comes to Georgia public policy, Dolly did her best to address an issue that still requires attention today: improving childhood literacy.
Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs
Arkansas’s Costly Medicaid Lesson Provides Warning for Other States
When the federal Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” passed, it offered a much higher federal-state match if states expanded Medicaid welfare prog
American Enterprise Institute
The Water Fight over Data Centers Is a Distraction. The Grid Fight Is the Real Story.
America’s almond growers use 70 to 90 times more water than every data center in the country combined — so why is water the argument everyone’s having?
Legislative Update
At The Capitol: Sine Die
The 2026 Georgia legislative session has now come to an end.
Featured Publication
Annual Report 2025
Explore the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 2025 Annual Report and see how we’re working to keep Georgia strong, free and prosperous.
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Research
Four Decades of QBE: How Georgia’s Funding Formula Addresses Poverty
QBE, as currently designed, contributes to keeping some areas continually in poverty.
Research
Institutional Investors and Housing Affordability in Metro Atlanta
Georgia Public Policy Foundation examines the role of corporate buyers in housing affordability and homeownership trends.
Research
Short Supply: How Many More Homes Does Georgia Need?
Georgia is growing fast—adding more than a million new residents each decade. But housing construction hasn’t kept pace.
Research
Four Decades of QBE: Georgia’s Education Funding Formula and Its Challenges
For nearly four decades, funding for Georgia public education has been provided by a program known as Quality Basic Education, and commonly referred to as QBE.
Featured Publication
Guide to the Issues
Commonsense solutions to Georgia’s biggest issues
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