April 5, 2018
Friday Facts: April 5, 2019
It’s Friday! Events April 10: “Education Choice: A Case Study in Policy and Politics,” a Foundation Happy Hour Policy Discussion in Athens at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in […]
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February 2, 2018
Friday Facts: February 2, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The welfare of our country is the great object to which our cares and efforts ought to be directed. And I shall derive great satisfaction […]
February 2, 2018
College Fees: Sticker Shock for Georgia Families
College fees have become a shell game that allows colleges to shift academic costs to fees. Clarity is needed as the cost to families continues to rise. By Lee Brewer […]
January 19, 2018
Friday Facts: January 19, 2018
It’s Friday! Events January 23: Today is the deadline to register for the Foundation’s first event of 2018 on Tuesday, January 23. About 32,000 events will celebrate National School Choice […]
January 19, 2018
Lawmakers Have Some Unfinished Business on the Table
Expect a quick 40 days under the Gold Dome for legislators. By Benita M. Dodd Part two of Georgia’s two-year legislative session is under way. Weather delays notwithstanding, campaign fundraising […]
December 29, 2017
Don’t Miss the Bus on Transit
Atlanta could accomplish so much more by embracing the technologies set to change travel. By Benita M. Dodd Most of the large-scale development in Atlanta in recent years has been […]
October 20, 2017
Friday Facts: October 20, 2017
It’s Friday! Policy Rewind: If you missed the 2017 Georgia Legislative Forum October 13, you are in luck. We captured the whole day on video. Download PowerPoint presentations and view […]
October 13, 2017
Friday Fact: October 13, 2017
It’s Friday! Today’s the day! We’re at the 2017 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel with state and national experts discussing taxes, health care and education […]
March 7, 2016
Eric Tanenblatt Urges Legislators to ‘Embrace Economic Disruption’
“It’s time for government to stop stifling the new economy.” Eric Tanenblatt discusses how government and elected officials stifle and resist innovation “by protecting a legacy structure.” In an excellent op-ed, […]
February 20, 2015
Legislature Makes Good Progress on The Issues
Promising action on the legislative front. By Benita M. Dodd As the legislative session reaches the halfway mark for 2015 (Monday is Day 20), there are signs of promising action […]
December 19, 2014
Friday Facts: December 19, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.” – Confucius “Listening to what voters said in the 1994 elections […]
December 12, 2014
Friday Facts: December 12, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “My primary objection to the amendment was a concern that for-profit charter school management companies that had showered campaign dollars on our state’s politicians would […]
December 5, 2014
Friday Facts: December 5, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” – Calvin […]
November 21, 2014
Friday Facts: November 21, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.” […]
January 6, 2014
Ten Obamacare Predictions for 2014
To kick off 2014, Kathleen Sebelius is reportedly papering the country with op-eds about the wonders of the “Affordable” Care Act. But her PR campaign aside, things will continue to […]
January 16, 2013
Online Digital World Will Re-Imagine and Liberate Learning
What we know or can know about each other never ceases to amaze me and it constantly evolves. Netflix knows the movies we like. Amazon knows what we want to […]
November 30, 2012
Connecticut Revenue Commissioner Admits that “Amazon” Tax Has Raised Zero Revenue
From Joe Henchman at the Tax Foundation: A handful of states have enacted an “Amazon” tax. Named after their most visible target, these laws deem an out-of-state company to be […]
October 22, 2012
Would Student “Data Backpacks” Infringe on Civil Liberties?
By Eric Wearne Digital Learning Now! Has just released the second paper in its “Smart Series.” Here is a review of paper # 1. This second installment makes the case for two […]
March 20, 2012
Tax Bill Passes Out of Committee; Heads to House Floor Debate
By Mike Klein Georgia online shoppers could begin to notice changes in their internet purchase sales taxes three months sooner than originally announced. The new effective date would be October […]
March 19, 2012
Attention Online Shoppers: More Sales Taxes Likely in January
By Mike Klein Georgia online shoppers would be required to pay state sales tax for more purchases starting on New Year’s Day 2013 if tax reform legislation unveiled on Monday […]
August 1, 2003
What You Can’t Find On Amazon Or Google
Kelly McCutchen This weekend hundreds of Georgian families will be setting up the new computers they purchased during the state’s sales tax holiday. If they have access to the Internet, […]
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