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March 13, 2025 • Commentary

The home stretch: The legislative session after Crossover Day

By J. Thomas Perdue

Beyond being the point when bills must pass out of their respective chambers to remain alive, last Thursday further clarified this legislature’s priorities.

February 20, 2025 • Commentary

Georgia’s legislative push for regulatory reform

By J. Thomas Perdue

The regulatory state took center stage at the General Assembly as both chambers held hearings on how to reduce the growing regulatory burden on Georgians.

January 30, 2025 • Commentary

Celebrating School Choice Week, and landmark school choice advances in Georgia

By J. Thomas Perdue

This year marks the 15th anniversary of National School Choice Week as well as an important moment in the history of the school choice movement.

January 9, 2025 • Commentary

Preparing for the 2025 Georgia legislative session

By J. Thomas Perdue

The new year brings a new legislative session and a new crop of issues to be debated in the General Assembly over the next three months.

January 2, 2025

Regulatory reform around the country

By J. Thomas Perdue

Several states are taking measures to curb overregulation and reduce the size of their regulatory codes.

December 5, 2024

Review of Georgia’s regulatory environment

By J. Thomas Perdue

Georgia’s regulatory code has grown steadily since the Secretary of State’s office began tracking rules and regulations in 1965.

November 21, 2024 • Commentary

Tech services expand access to higher education

By J. Thomas Perdue

A healthy university system that offers robust educational pathways and adequately prepares students for work is to the benefit of a state.

October 24, 2024 • Commentary

Protect our kids without government overreach

By J. Thomas Perdue

New technologies intersect with every policy area, and rapid technological advancements often leave policy makers feeling as if they need to play keep-up.

October 14, 2024 • Blog

6 ways to expand eduction opportunities in Georgia

By J. Thomas Perdue

Georgia’s education system should be geared toward student achievement and the best education for each student’s diverse needs.

September 19, 2024 • Commentary

Rethinking transportation for Georgia’s K-12 schools

By J. Thomas Perdue

There is a disparity among Georgia schools when it comes to transporting students to and from their homes.

August 1, 2024 • Commentary

What do we mean when we talk about tech?

By J. Thomas Perdue

While not quite at the level of Silicon Valley, Atlanta can be frequently found near the top of lists ranking cities for categories like tech innovation.

June 27, 2024 • Commentary

Should the General Assembly regulate AI?

By J. Thomas Perdue

We have far more to gain from AI than we have to lose, and policymakers should embrace the opportunity.

June 13, 2024 • Commentary

Tort reform and Georgia’s judicial nightmare

By J. Thomas Perdue

In 2023, Georgia had the dubious honor of topping the American Tort Reform Association’s list of the country’s “Judicial Hellholes.”

May 2, 2024 • Commentary

To impact change, look local

By J. Thomas Perdue

Instead of repeatedly pushing the rock up the hill that is the federal government, Kimberley Strassel urges us to think more locally.

April 11, 2024

Report on Georgia’s Open Enrollment Transfer Environment

By J. Thomas Perdue

While Georgia law allows transfers to and from public schools, there are still numerous legal, financial and bureaucratic limitations.

March 28, 2024 • Blog

At the Capitol: That’s a wrap on the 2024 session

By J. Thomas Perdue

The story of this year’s session is ultimately one of tangible, if incremental, progress.

January 22, 2024 • Blog

The state of school choice in Georgia

By J. Thomas Perdue

This week is National School Choice Week, in Georgia, and around the country.

January 11, 2024 • Commentary

Kemp calls for school choice in State of the State

By J. Thomas Perdue

Gov. Brian Kemp displayed an urgency in his call for school choice this session,

November 30, 2023

Report on Georgia’s College and Career Academies

By J. Thomas Perdue

Executive Summary College and career academies offer unique development opportunities to Georgia’s high school students and stand to benefit local economies through the fulfillment of workforce needs. The program is […]

November 8, 2023

A Review of Buckhead’s Four Biggest Policy Concerns

By J. Thomas Perdue

This study analyzes four key issues facing the Buckhead community in Atlanta, GA.

September 14, 2023 • Commentary

Imposing limits on housing supply

By J. Thomas Perdue

Enforcing minimum requirements on lot and home sizes is necessarily a limit on housing supply and density.

September 14, 2023

A Review of Lot and Home Size Minimums in Georgia

By Chris DensonJ. Thomas Perdue

This study analyzes the available minimum lot sizes and minimum home sizes in ordinance at the local level in Georgia.

September 7, 2023 • Blog

Senate Study Committee holds meeting on Rural Personnel Recruitment

By J. Thomas Perdue

Allowing healthcare providers to practice to the full extent of their education and training was recommended.

August 10, 2023 • Commentary

Republicans’ unearned victory lap on school choice

By J. Thomas Perdue

The Republican State Leadership Committee crediting Georgia Republicans with making school choice a priority seems bizarre.

July 27, 2023 • Commentary

Replacing the fuel tax with a mileage-based user fee?

By J. Thomas Perdue

For decades, Georgia has paid for its roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure with a fuel tax. But that might be changing.

June 15, 2023 • Commentary

Georgia legislature begins review of state tax credits

By J. Thomas Perdue

The largest and most well-known of these programs is the film tax credit, costing the state nearly $900 million last year.

May 25, 2023 • Blog

North Carolina’s absurd state of emergency

By J. Thomas Perdue

According to the governor of North Carolina, entrusting parents with choices in their children's education is as dangerous as a hurricane or tornado.

May 18, 2023 • Commentary

Is Georgia serious about licensing reform?

By J. Thomas Perdue

A new commission will review Georgia’s occupational licensing practices and implement a framework to accommodate the state’s changing economy.

May 16, 2023 • Blog

CON laws do not help underserved populations

By J. Thomas Perdue

Of all the stated policy goals, the aim of aiding underserved populations is especially perplexing. And has not happened.

May 4, 2023 • Blog

Georgia’s CON laws reduce access to healthcare

By J. Thomas Perdue

Georgians don’t always have it easy when it comes to accessing quality healthcare. One such barrier is the preservation of CON laws.