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March 5, 2026 • Commentary

Why is Georgia Unnecessarily Restricting Access to Cancer Care?

By Chris Denson

Georgia’s outdated certificate-of-need laws allow hospitals to block competition—even for cancer treatment.

March 5, 2026 • Commentary

Who Decides What Georgia Laws Mean?

By J. Thomas Perdue

Proposed legislation would require Georgia courts to interpret laws independently rather than defer to agencies.

January 15, 2026 • Commentary

How States Are Reining in Costly Regulations

By J. Thomas Perdue

States are reexamining regulatory structures that hinder growth and innovation

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.

July 31, 2025 • Blog

Trump was right about Coke. But replacing corn syrup with sugar won’t be cheap — or easy.

By Brett Kittredge

Coca‑Cola recently announced it will launch a new soft drink made with cane sugar in the United States this fall, but the move won't be easy.

July 17, 2025 • Commentary

Why Georgia needs regulatory reform

By J. Thomas Perdue

Virginia has set the standard for reforming regulations. Georgia should follow suit.

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 21, 2025 • Press Release

Foundation praises passage of SB 68

By Athan Clark

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and Georgia Policy Impact congratulate the members of the General Assembly for passing Senate Bill 68.

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 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.

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 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 • 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?

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.”

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.

July 10, 2024 • Commentary

Congress should increase oversight on runaway bureaucrats

By Kyle Wingfield

Estimates put the cost of regulations on American businesses at $2 to $3 trillion.

July 3, 2024 • Commentary

Supreme Court returns checks and balances to governing

By Kyle Wingfield

The machine is out of order. Returning it to its original design is vital.

May 30, 2024 • Commentary

Another crack at reforming occupational licensing?

By Brett Kittredge

A joint committee will review reported issues with the Secretary of State's Professional Licensing Boards Division.

May 9, 2024 • Blog

Georgia brewers say they’d have more success…in North Carolina

By Chris Butler

North Carolina's population is slightly smaller than Georgia's yet they have more than twice as many breweries.

April 11, 2024 • Blog

Georgia’s craft brewers and customers thirst for less restrictive laws

By Chris Butler

Some Georgia craft brewers say their line of work doesn’t live up to its fullest potential. So, who or what do they believe holds them back?

March 21, 2024 • Commentary

The Georgia model for putting workers’ rights ahead of union demands

By Vincent Vernuccio

The Peach State’s pending reform should spread nationwide.

March 20, 2024 • Press Release

Foundation praises passage of worker freedom legislation

By Athan Clark

Georgia will now requires companies that receive taxpayer incentives to hold secret ballot elections for union representation.

October 26, 2023 • Blog

11 spooky policy ideas to avoid

By Brett Kittredge

Here are 11 spooky policy ideas we should all run from like a man in a mask is chasing us.