June 20, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 20, 2025
The budget year that begins July 1 will be the third straight with no “bond package,” as that section is typically called.
Topic: Atlanta City Council
June 6, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 6, 2025
Despite the growing necessity of data centers as the demand for their services increases, there is debate over their associated costs and benefits.
May 9, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 9, 2025
Some of the most significant innovations in technology have become common to the point of monotony in only a few decades.
January 10, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 10, 2025
A few issues have been gaining attention for months and figure to be key points of contention once the session kicks off on Jan. 13.
December 19, 2024 • Blog
11 biggest stories of 2024
This year, Georgia Public Policy Foundation once again had our biggest year to date in terms of content produced and consumed.
September 27, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 27, 2024
We pray that everyone remains safe from Hurricane Helene.
July 23, 2024 • Blog
Atlanta residents pay too much to get busted water mains
Atlanta residents pay some of the highest water rates in the nation. Yet, water main breaks deprived much of Atlanta of water for several days last month.
February 23, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 23, 2024
Georgia Public Policy Foundation has compiled the data the Department of Education did not release and have made it available for you.
November 9, 2023 • Commentary
4 Issues Facing the Buckhead Community in Atlanta
While not taking sides in the debate, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has released a report which offers a fact-based assessment of the key issues.
November 8, 2023
A Review of Buckhead’s Four Biggest Policy Concerns
This study analyzes four key issues facing the Buckhead community in Atlanta, GA.
November 2, 2023 • Commentary
Before the presidential primaries, look local first
Georgia’s next Election Day is not in 2024. It’s next week on Tuesday, November 7th.
October 6, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 6, 2023
This year alone, at least 19 states have significantly expanded school choice policies.
October 5, 2023 • Blog
The mayor of Atlanta and even Madea got busted wasting taxpayer money
A monthly compilation of alleged or documented stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
July 14, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 14, 2023
Will a Certificate of Need study committee in the House lead to reform?
June 9, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 9, 2023
Atlanta's taxis are struggling. So what did they do? Asked the City Council to raise the rates they charge customers.
January 6, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 6, 2023
It’s Friday! The 2023 edition of the Georgia legislature includes more than its fair share of unknowns. Or as we say in the South, it will be as clear as […]
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 […]
August 29, 2022 • Blog
New Homes Statewide Could Be Zapped By Electric Vehicle Charging Mandate
Members of the governing body that create building codes may mandate a rule similar to an Atlanta ordinance that will raise the costs of new homes statewide.
April 1, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 1, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note“April 1st: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four.” -Mark Twain “Today is April […]
November 4, 2021 • Blog
Short-Term Rental Regulation: Public Protection or Party Poopers?
Short-term rentals are exploding in popularity, and increasingly on the radar of regulators.
August 27, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 27, 2021
The mayor of Orlando has asked city residents to conserve water to help preserve liquid oxygen for medical use for covid patients, according to NBC News. Liquid
August 6, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 06, 2021
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s first luncheon briefing was in October 1993, two years after the Foundation was established.
July 23, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 23, 2021
Sometimes, the wheels of change turn exceedingly slow. As early as 1992 (right) – one year after the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was founded – and as recen
September 27, 2019
Friday Facts: September 27, 2019
It’s Friday! Events November 15: The agenda is online for the 2019 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which features nearly two dozen policy experts and leaders on issues affecting Georgia: Education, […]
August 30, 2019
Friday Facts: August 30, 2019
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “We would never refuse to take a trip to the store for an adult who asked. We knew that we were not to litter or […]
April 26, 2019
Friday Facts: April 25, 2019
It’s Friday! Events May 23: “You Can Say That: How Courage Can Defeat Political Correctness,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon with David French of the National Review Institute, on Thursday, […]
July 27, 2018
Friday Facts: July 27, 2018
It’s Friday! Subscribe to the Friday Facts here. Support the Foundation and its mission here. Events August 23: Join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation on Thursday, August 23, at the […]
June 1, 2018
Friday Facts: June 1, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “People who believe themselves above something, or entitled to something more because of past achievements, will find that new opportunities slip away.” – Tyler Bonin, […]
December 30, 2016
New Year, Same Old Streetcar Named Disaster
How’s the Streetcar doing as it enters its third year? By Benita M. Dodd Today the city of Atlanta begins Year 3 of operating its much-ballyhooed Atlanta Streetcar System, and so […]
August 25, 2016
Atlanta Police Force on Track to Get Body Cameras
Amid the nationally ongoing and sometimes emotionally charged discussion of police interactions and transparency, Atlanta is moving toward body cameras for law enforcement officers. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the […]
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