
Despite being a pro-business state, Georgia’s legal environment lags behind many states. Georgia should continue to focus on medical malpractice reform as the first step in moving us toward a more effective, efficient and fair legal system.


Common Good – Simplify Government and Cut Mindless Red Tape

Cato Institute – Do’s and Don’ts of Tort Reform

American Tort Reform Association

Medical Liability Reform – Personal Stories

Still Asking for Whom Georgia’s Roads are Tolled?
By Benita M. Dodd
The toll lanes are coming! The toll lanes are…

AEI Brief: The Evolution of Career and Technical Education
A new paper by Nat Malkus of the American Enterprise Institute examines “The evolution of career and technical education: 1982–2013.”
Key Points
As vocational education has evolved into career and technical education (CTE) over the past several decades, it has progressed away…
News Release: Foundation Commends Congress for FIRST STEP Act
News Release | For Immediate Release December 20, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd benitadodd@georgiapolicy.org (404-256-4050)
Foundation President Kyle Wingfield Commends Congress on FIRST STEP Act
Atlanta – Bipartisan passage this week of the FIRST STEP Act, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, is a feather in…

Reporter Newspapers Publishes Foundation Op-ed on ‘Marsy’s Law’

2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum Agenda

Foundation Issues Statement on Supreme Court ‘Water Wars’ Ruling
News Release | For Immediate Release June 27, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd benitadodd@georgiapolicy.org (404-256-4050)
Foundation ‘Disappointed’ in Supreme Court Ruling on Water Dispute
Atlanta – Kyle Wingfield, president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, issued this statement in response to today’s ruling by the U.S.…

Council’s Misdemeanor Bail Reform Proposals
A summary of the misdemeanor bail reform findings and recommendations from the February 2018 Report of the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform (pages 25-39).
By Sophia Strickland
The Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform’s 2018 report delivered to Gov. Nathan Deal…

Rural Pretrial Incarceration, a Disproportionate Issue
By Sophia Strickland
Reports on the United States’ rapidly increasing incarcerated population have sparked a discussion over bail reform. However, a segment that may not receive as much attention in this area is the pretrial, incarcerated rural population, which has…

Foundation VP Benita Dodd Shares Thoughts 50 Years After Death of Martin Luther King Jr.

Lawmakers Have Some Unfinished Business on the Table

Technology Can Trump Tough Love

Marsy’s Law of Unintended Consequences

News Release: Foundation President McCutchen Stepping Down at Year’s End

A Thanksgiving to be Grateful for Leaders with Integrity
By Benita M. Dodd
Tim Huelskamp, speaking at the 2017 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, told attendees, “I spent six years in Washington and it’s still the same today: The real action, the real opportunities for growth and actually reinvigorating…

Feeding on Problems: From World Hunger to Abundance
By Harold Brown
Harold Brown, Senior Fellow, Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Remember when India was a poster-country for overpopulation and starvation? In just one sign, The New York Times carried more than 100 articles per year from 1965 to…