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March 26, 2023 • Commentary

Expanding parental accountability in education

By Kyle Wingfield

Transparency provides parents with testing data from a school. Accountability provides parents with new choices.

March 22, 2023 • Commentary

Will Georgia join the growing number of states expanding education options?

By Kyle Wingfield

Other states such as West Virginia, Arizona, Iowa, Utah and Arkansas have approved universal choice bills. More states are prepped for expansion.

March 15, 2023 • Commentary

New tax reform on the horizon?

By Kyle Wingfield

There has been much talk about getting to a zero income tax to match neighboring Florida and Tennessee, or just lowering the rate to remain competitive.

March 7, 2023 • Blog

What’s still alive after Crossover Day?

By Kyle Wingfield

Each bill had to pass out of its legislative chamber of origin by Monday or it is dead for the year.

March 6, 2023 • Commentary

The focus should be on what children need

By Kyle Wingfield

Despite what Senate Bill 233 opponents claim, the money for an education scholarship account program is not taken away from public schools.

March 1, 2023 • Blog

School choice programs would provide fiscal savings for public school districts

By Kyle Wingfield

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has updated our estimates of the fiscal savings for public school districts associated with school choice programs.

March 1, 2023 • Commentary

More education options good for Georgia students, families

By Kyle Wingfield

Pending legislation would establish education scholarship accounts for Georgia students.

February 22, 2023 • Commentary

Georgia’s cautious handling of unexpected budget windfall the right approach

By Kyle Wingfield

Failing to plan for revenues to come back to earth has bitten states like California, which spent heavily last year and now have a $20 billion budget shortfall.

February 15, 2023 • Blog

Time to reform Certificate of Need laws

By Kyle Wingfield

The debate over Georgia’s “certificate of need” laws has raged since the 1980s. Could this be the year lawmakers finally resolve it?

February 8, 2023 • Commentary

Kemp’s Georgia Pathways will soon be launched

By Kyle Wingfield

Georgia Pathways means better access to care and lower financial risk for taxpayers than Medicaid expansion.

February 1, 2023 • Commentary

Tax credit scholarship expansion introduced

By Kyle Wingfield

School choice continues to grow across the country with Iowa and Utah adopting universal programs in the past week.

January 25, 2023 • Commentary

Taxpayer-funded benefits should be for those that are supposed to receive them

By Kyle Wingfield

Why are some likely to lose Medicaid coverage?

January 12, 2023 • Blog

What Stetson Bennett can teach us about humility

By Kyle Wingfield

Stetson Bennett will forever be remembered as the former walk-on who led Georgia to consecutive national championships.

January 11, 2023 • Commentary

Who will emerge as Georgia’s school choice champion?

By Kyle Wingfield

Educational freedom has been on quite a roll in recent years. Just not in Georgia.

December 28, 2022 • Commentary

Kemp’s re-election, historic tax relief highlight 2022

By Kyle Wingfield

Looking back on the year that was, 2022 left a lasting mark on Georgia’s policymaking world in several ways.

December 27, 2022 • Commentary

Accelerate Georgia’s tax cuts

By Kyle Wingfield

Lawmakers have a lot of decisions to make around the state's $6 billion-plus surplus.

December 14, 2022 • Commentary

What does 2022 tell us about future elections in Georgia?

By Kyle Wingfield

Democrats seeking federal office are consistently running ahead of their state-level peers in Georgia.

December 2, 2022 • Commentary

Is Inequality Really As Bad As the Statistics Say?

By Kyle Wingfield

Before we can debate solutions, we need to know if we have our facts right.

November 30, 2022

The Impact of Fees on Georgia’s Housing Supply

By Kyle Wingfield

Georgia needs to build hundreds of thousands of new homes to fill the housing shortfall, and impact fees are making them more expensive by thousands of dollars.

November 23, 2022 • Commentary

Gaining Perspective, Giving Thanks

By Kyle Wingfield

A little perspective every now and then can be a helpful thing. Particularly when that perspective arrives right before a holiday dedicated to gratitude.

November 16, 2022 • Commentary

Brian Kemp Sets the Standard

By Kyle Wingfield

Brian Kemp won’t be on the ballot in 2024. It’s up to GOP primary voters to decide which candidate in 2024 can meet the standard he set.

November 9, 2022 • Commentary

Ralston Departs

By Kyle Wingfield

David Ralston's stepping down after over a decade as Speaker of the Georgia House will have significant ramifications on state politics.

November 2, 2022 • Commentary

National Assessment Reveals Education Disparities in Georgia

By Kyle Wingfield

Georgia is faring better than some other states, but student achievement still lags and gaps persists post-COVID.

October 26, 2022 • Commentary

2022 Ballot Measures Crash Course

By Kyle Wingfield

A guide to 2022's proposed constitutional amendments and statewide referendums.

October 19, 2022 • Commentary

A Report Card for Governors’ Fiscal Policy

By Kyle Wingfield

See how Brian Kemp stacks up against his peers when it comes to taxes, spending and budgeting.

October 12, 2022 • Commentary

Addressing Georgia’s Healthcare Shortage

By Kyle Wingfield

Several Georgia counties and communities do not have adequate access to healthcare services. Full practice authority for practitioners would address this trend.