February 7, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 7, 2025
Legislators will soon begin hearings for Gov. Brian Kemp’s much publicized attempt to reform Georgia’s legal system.
Topic: Associated Press
May 8, 2024 • Commentary
A day of reckoning for higher education?
As we watch the anti-Israel protests on multiple college campuses – and reactions to those protests – it sure feels like change is in the air.
July 19, 2023 • Commentary
What should lawmakers do with another budget surplus?
Those who favor larger government spending are redoubling their calls to increase taxpayer-funded services, as if the good times will never end.
November 18, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 18, 2022
It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Georgia, like much of the nation, faces a severe housing shortage. Build-to-rent homes may offer a solution, but why are some Georgia communities trying to ban […]
November 14, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 11, 2022
It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Today is Veterans Day. In this week’s commentary, investigative journalist Chris Butler shares his thoughts on how Americans currently view the holiday. Many veterans feel overlooked, […]
September 7, 2022 • Blog
In Uncertain Times, Choose Hope Over Hopelessness
It’s no secret that we live in uncertain times. But with a few short-lived exceptions, when was it otherwise?
September 10, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 10, 2021
A sign painted on the hillside campus of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School along U.S. 23 in Rabun County is one of many across Georgia and around the nation to commem
July 2, 2021
Friday Facts: July 02, 2021
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and […]
June 25, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 25, 2021
It’s Friday! Quote of Note Obamacare’s supporters talked a lot about illnesses contributing to more than half of all bankruptcies, which implied there should have been a sharp decrease in […]
December 9, 2020 • Blog
Taking Stock of Georgia’s Economic Ranking
Americans love rankings, love to see where we stand compared to our rivals. The AP college football poll, to name one famous ranking, exists ostensibly to determine the best team […]
November 30, 2020 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: November 30, 2020
Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Many Thanksgiving family gatherings were canceled because of COVID-19. Many relatives avoided gatherings to minimize the […]
March 13, 2020
Friday Facts: March 13, 2020
It’s Friday! Postponed: The Foundation’s event scheduled for Wednesday (March 18) has been postponed out of an abundance of caution. “Brexit: The Good, the Bad and the Messy” will be […]
March 23, 2018
Foundation Welcomes Kyle Wingfield as Next President and CEO
News Release | For Immediate Release March 23, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd (404-256-4050) Foundation Welcomes Kyle Wingfield as Next President and CEO Atlanta – The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s Board of Trustees announced today […]
August 25, 2017
Friday Facts: August 25, 2017
It’s Friday! Events: Early Bird Registration is now open for the 2017 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on Friday, October 13 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel. The theme for the daylong […]
April 21, 2017
Friday Facts: April 21, 2017
It’s Friday! Quotes of note Tax Day: “Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always […]
February 24, 2017
Global Warming: Playing Fast and Loose in Policy, Proof and Politics
Doomsday prophets have always fixated on the goal more than the cause. By Harold Brown Global warming (climate change) is not just a scientific subject but also a technical-social-political scramble. […]
August 30, 2016
2016 Freedom Award Recipient: Unsung Hero in Private Enterprise Education
The notable Georgian receiving the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s Freedom Award. By Benita M. Dodd The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award takes place on […]
July 15, 2016
Friday Facts: July 15, 2016
It’s Friday! Then and Now: In 1991, when the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, we urged in the LaGrange Daily News: “We must free parents to choose the school […]
March 4, 2016
Friday Facts: March 4, 2016
It’s Friday! Register NOW! The deadline is Tuesday to sign up for the March 10 Leadership Breakfast, “At the Inter$ection of Education and Aging.” How does Georgia fund education when […]
December 11, 2015 • Blog
Energy discussion at Heartland’s Emerging Issues Forum
I’m back in the office after a great Heartland Institute Emerging Issues South Forum in Nashville yesterday, where I moderated a panel on energy and environment issues. (I’m honored to […]
May 29, 2015
Friday Facts: May 29, 2015
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “There’s something that stinks to high heaven about a government racket in which businesses profit from government subsidies, and then turn around and employ lobbying […]
January 27, 2015
Checking Up On Health: January 27, 2015
Upcoming event with Attorney General Sam Olens and updates about ObamaCare, telehealth and the EPA. Health Policy News and Views By Benita M. Dodd As the U.S. Supreme Court mulls a […]
August 22, 2014
Friday Facts: August 22, 2014
It’s Friday! Events Aug. 28: Register by Tuesday for,“Unaccountable Government in Action: Capital Markets in the Fed’s Cross-Hairs,”a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon at Cobb County’s Georgian Club. Former SEC Commissioner […]
June 11, 2014
Checking Up On Health: June 10, 2014
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd It’s the summer, so I’m going to give you a break (as opposed to a fracture) and try to keep […]
April 15, 2014
Checking Up On Health: April 15, 2014
News and Views on Health Policy Compiled by Benita M. Dodd It’s Tax Day; your ObamaCare grace period is “over:” Today is the “final” day to sign up for health […]
March 21, 2014
Friday Facts: March 21, 2014
It’s Friday! Georgia lost a great man and a great leader this week with the death of Bo Callaway. We send our sincerest condolences to his family. Events Monday is […]
November 4, 2013
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Publishes Op-ed on SNAP (food stamps)
The Friday, Nov.1, 2013 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an op-ed by Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd on rollbacks in benefits for food stamp recipients, entitled, “No Grandstanding, End […]
August 27, 2013
Checking up on Health: August 27, 2013
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Self-diagnosis? It can save you a trip to the pediatrician and help ensure that health care resources are used more […]
May 17, 2013
Agency Bias Reinforces the Case for Limiting Government
Changing the agency leadership or political party in power does not change the self-preservation culture of public employees in government agencies. By Benita M. Dodd This Foundation’s weekly commentaries […]
May 7, 2013
Checking Up On Health: May 7, 2013
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Getting to the root of the problem: What do gray hairs and vitiligo have in common? They both can […]
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