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June 5, 2025 • Commentary

Weighing the costs and benefits of data centers in Georgia

By J. Thomas Perdue

Despite the growing necessity of data centers as the demand for their services increases, there is debate over their associated costs and benefits.

May 8, 2025 • Commentary

Why are so many data centers popping up in Georgia?

By J. Thomas Perdue

Data centers are facilities filled with thousands of computers that work constantly to store and process information.

April 21, 2025 • Press Release

Foundation praises Gov. Kemp for signing tort reform legislation

By Athan Clark

"We applaud Gov. Brian Kemp for his strong leadership in supporting meaningful relief for Georgia residents and business owners."

April 17, 2025 • Commentary

Regulatory reform efforts stall in 2025 session

By J. Thomas Perdue

Regulatory reforms stall this year further postpones a reckoning for Georgia’s expanding regulatory code.

April 10, 2025 • Commentary

Sine Die surprise: Wins, losses and a sudden exit at the Georgia Capitol

By J. Thomas Perdue

The session yielded important policy changes in several key areas.

April 2, 2025 • Blog

2025 Session: One big win, and a scramble for the rest

By Kyle Wingfield

The 2025 session is unique in this way: There has been exactly one “tier one” issue — lawsuit reform.

March 27, 2025 • Commentary

Georgia legislature passes omnibus lawsuit reform bill

By J. Thomas Perdue

Georgia’s legislative session reached a high point of intrigue last week, and the highest priority on Gov. Brian Kemp’s agenda has made it to his desk.

March 20, 2025 • Commentary

Justice for sale: How third-party litigation funding skews the legal system

By Kyle Wingfield

Third-party litigation funding turns lawsuits into profit schemes, raising concerns over justice, transparency and foreign influence in our courts.

March 20, 2025 • Blog

The ‘well has run dry’: Property owners say Georgia trial lawyers have taken almost everything

By Chris Butler

People in corporate real estate have said that Georgia’s lack of tort reform has made doing business in the state a nightmare.

March 13, 2025 • Blog

Georgia’s ‘Jackpot Justice Juries’ prompt calls for tort reform

By Chris Butler

When criminals commit violent acts on the private properties of business owners, Georgia’s premises liability laws make those property owners civilly liable.

March 12, 2025 • Blog

Markets shift but bureaucracy only grows

By Kyle Wingfield

A once-thriving suburban mall struggles with unpaid bills, symbolizing the shift in markets—while bureaucracy keeps growing, untouched by consumer choice.

March 6, 2025 • Blog

Georgia landlords say they provide security, but still face legal peril

By Chris Butler

Landlords in Georgia can be held liable if someone commits a crime on their property, even if they provide adequate security.

March 5, 2025 • Blog

The push to rein in abusive lawsuits

By Kyle Wingfield

Curbing abuses is not tantamount to shutting down justice. On the contrary, the only way to ensure actual justice is to curb the abuses.

February 26, 2025 • Commentary

Tort reform advances. What’s next?

By Kyle Wingfield

Gov. Brian Kemp’s push to curb abusive lawsuits cleared a significant hurdle this past week.

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.

February 18, 2025 • Blog

TORT REFORM: The Georgia law that business owners hate the most

By Chris Butler

Georgia law can hold a business owner civilly liable for a criminal act that happens on his property, one that the business owner had nothing to do with.

February 6, 2025 • Commentary

Tort reform and what it means for cost and access in Georgia healthcare

By Chris Denson

Legislators will soon begin hearings for Gov. Brian Kemp’s much publicized attempt to reform Georgia’s legal system.

January 29, 2025 • Blog

‘Not allowed to know who is funding the lawsuit’

By Chris Butler

How a new legal scheme threatens Georgia's economy and even national security.

January 29, 2025 • Commentary

The government should not interfere in the credit card interchange process

In light of past proposals seeking government intervention in the interchange process, it is important to highlight the risks that would come with such action.

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.

December 12, 2024 • Commentary

A big bet on government efficiency

By Athan Clark

DOGE offers a sweeping vision: cut waste, streamline agencies and leverage recent Supreme Court rulings to yank back regulatory overreach. But can it work?

December 4, 2024 • Blog

TORT REFORM: Gwinnett County slapped hard by Georgia Court of Appeals

By Chris Butler

Nuclear verdicts raise the costs to do business, which get passed down to customers, and ultimately force Georgians to pay what is known as a hidden tax.

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 29, 2024 • Blog

Here’s how frivolous lawsuits against truckers hurt everybody, including you

By Chris Butler

Not all lawsuits are frivolous, but those that are raise costs for all truckers, and by extension, every consumer in Georgia.

October 3, 2024 • Commentary

Why a guide to the issues?

By Kyle Wingfield

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has released its 2024 “Guide to the Issues.”

September 17, 2024 • Blog

Georgia’s childcare providers say out of control lawsuits could put them out of business

By Chris Butler

It’s increasingly difficult for Georgia’s childcare centers to find companies who will insure them.

August 29, 2024 • Commentary

Make it easier to work

By Brett Kittredge

An appropriate way to celebrate Labor Day is working to advance policies that will truly empower labor.

August 22, 2024 • Commentary

Georgia is home to more than 111,000 government regulations

By Kyle Wingfield

Our state ranked only in the middle of the regulatory pack with the 26th-most restrictions.

August 8, 2024 • Blog

Previously unknown parts of Georgia’s eminent domain law surprise, displease landowners

By Chris Butler

Georgia law, as it turns out, doesn’t shield landowners from eminent domain, at least not to the extent they thought it did.

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.