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December 4, 2025 • The Federalist

Extending Obamacare COVID Subsidies Will Result In Employers Dropping Insurance Coverage

By Brian BlaseJohn R. Graham

Extending Obamacare COVID-era subsidies would exacerbate existing incentives for small employers to dump employees onto taxpayer-subsidized insurance exchanges.

November 20, 2025 • Commentary

Will 50-Year Mortgages Save the Housing Affordability Crisis?

By Athan Clark

The 50-year mortgage proposal attempts to solve a supply-side problem with a demand-side solution.

November 13, 2025

Four Decades of QBE: How Georgia’s Funding Formula Addresses Poverty

By Dr. Nathan GrayMadison Dorris

QBE, as currently designed, contributes to keeping some areas continually in poverty.

November 7, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 7, 2025

A new Georgia Public Policy Foundation report challenges one of the most common narratives in the housing debate.

November 7, 2025 • Commentary

It’s not who owns homes. It’s how few we build.

By Brett Kittredge

The real housing problem isn't who owns the home. It's that we don't build enough.

November 6, 2025

Institutional Investors and Housing Affordability in Metro Atlanta

By Chris DensonJ. Thomas Perdue

Georgia Public Policy Foundation examines the role of corporate buyers in housing affordability and homeownership trends.

October 31, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 31, 2025

How do we fight back against scary government policies?

October 30, 2025 • Blog

The government policies haunting Georgia

By Brett Kittredge

You may be surprised to learn that the most frightening forces in Georgia aren’t hiding under beds or behind masks.

October 24, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 24, 2025

Although the public health emergency ended more than two years ago, these “enhanced” subsidies remain in place.

October 23, 2025 • Commentary

The real cause of rising Obamacare premiums isn’t the end of subsidies

By J. Thomas Perdue

Expiring healthcare subsidies account for only a 4% increase in average healthcare premiums in 2026.

October 17, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 17, 2025

Here’s a simple idea: if a Georgia public school has an open seat, any Georgia student should be able to take it.

October 16, 2025 • Commentary

Georgia needs to improve public school choice

By Athan Clark

Weak open-enrollment laws strand families in their assigned schools and even withhold basic information—including where the available seats are.

October 15, 2025 • Blog

Atlanta shows why consolidation is difficult

By Brett Kittredge

Atlanta schools have a capacity for 70,000 students, but they're operating at under 40,000.

October 10, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 10, 2025

Georgia has made strong progress in lowering its income tax, but we must go further.

October 9, 2025 • Commentary

Iowa’s Taxpayer Relief Fund can help Georgia taxpayers

By John HendricksonChris Denson

Iowa's sharp decrease in their tax rate was the direct result of conservative budgeting and the creation of the Taxpayer Relief Fund.

October 3, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 3, 2025

Georgia has made important progress, but more reforms are needed to ensure residents in rural and underserved communities receive the care they deserve.

October 2, 2025 • Commentary

Georgia’s growing doctor shortage demands new solutions

By Chris Denson

Georgia’s doctor shortage is large, and growing larger. Facing that fact is crucial if policymakers are to address the problem.

September 26, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 26, 2025

What we can say for certain is that tax policy should encourage work, saving, and investment — not punish it.

September 25, 2025 • Commentary

Do the rich pay their “fair share”?

By Athan Clark

“The rich don’t pay their fair share” is a claim repeated so often that it has become a cliché.

September 19, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 19, 2025

Since schools closed in March 2020, student absenteeism has surged, and the habit of attending school every day has been slow to return.

September 18, 2025 • Commentary

Chronic absenteeism persists in Georgia schools. Why?

By Brett Kittredge

Today, 22% of Georgia students are chronically absent, meaning they miss at least 18 days per year.

September 12, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 12, 2025

Georgia's ranking in the Heritage Foundation’s 2025 Education Freedom Report Card dropped this year. Why?

September 11, 2025 • Commentary

Georgia slips in national education freedom rankings

By J. Thomas Perdue

Georgia’s performance, at least relative to other states by the Heritage Report Card’s metrics, is lagging a bit from last year.

September 10, 2025 • Blog

Calhoun tiny house advocates score legal win

By Brett Kittredge

A local nonprofit challenging the City of Calhoun’s ban on homes smaller than 1,150 square feet won an initial legal victory.

September 5, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 5, 2025

Georgians are facing a hard truth about housing: When government ties up supply, prices soar.

September 4, 2025 • Commentary

How Georgia can fix its housing shortage

By Athan Clark

Georgians are facing a hard truth about housing: when government ties up supply, prices soar. And homeownership slips further out of reach.

August 29, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 29, 2025

Labor Day is a time to celebrate the American worker. But it’s also a time to ask ourselves: What state is doing the best job of putting workers first?

August 28, 2025 • Commentary

Georgia sets the national standard for pro-worker leadership

By Vincent Vernuccio

Georgia has led the nation in adopting pro-worker reforms.

August 22, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 22, 2025

How do Georgia's taxes stack up against the rest of the country? We dive in.

August 21, 2025 • Commentary

How do Georgia’s taxes stack up against the rest of the nation?

By Brett Kittredge

Americans are voting with their feet, leaving high-tax states behind. Where does Georgia stand?