June 6, 2024 • Commentary
As competition decreases, the cost of healthcare rises
In Georgia, the four largest health systems currently account for 51.6% of hospital beds available statewide.
Topic: Atlanta
May 31, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 31, 2024
New effort to look into occupational licensing in Georgia underway.
May 30, 2024 • Commentary
Another crack at reforming occupational licensing?
A joint committee will review reported issues with the Secretary of State's Professional Licensing Boards Division.
May 24, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 24, 2024
This weekend, we pause to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in defending our great nation.
May 17, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 17, 2024
Much of this increase in house prices is not due to market forces, but rather dictated by a complex system of regulatory factors that increase costs.
May 16, 2024 • Commentary
How does government policy increase the cost of housing?
Policymakers need to consider the real-world effects of these policies and work towards deregulation that can reduce unnecessary costs.
May 16, 2024 • Blog
A ritzy Mercedes, a busted mayor, and the worst Chief Financial Officer you ever saw made April a month for waste, fraud and abuse
A monthly compilation of alleged or documented stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
May 3, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 3, 2024
We all know the federal government is a mess. What can we do?
May 2, 2024 • Blog
Hybrid schools look to the future
Convention organizers said a hybrid school is one that meets a child’s individual needs and/or preferences, and they are only growing.
May 1, 2024 • Blog
Georgia elections are better-positioned than ever before
When it comes to voting in Georgia, the likelihood of error has gone down as processes and procedures have been tightened up.
April 26, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 26, 2024
What is the future of impact fees in Georgia after a recent Supreme Court ruling?
April 12, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 12, 2024
Georgia is not meeting its full potential in making open enrollment programs accessible to students.
April 11, 2024 • Blog
Georgia’s craft brewers and customers thirst for less restrictive laws
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?
April 5, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 5, 2024
The prospects for meaningful property tax reform seemed promising at the beginning of the session.
March 29, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 29, 2024
This year, we saw positive movement on school choice, Certificate of Need reform and tax reform.
March 22, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 22, 2024
Georgia will soon require companies that receive taxpayer incentives to hold secret ballot elections for union representation.
March 8, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 8, 2024
Now that we are past Crossover Day, what will the final weeks of this session hold?
March 6, 2024 • Blog
Gwinnett County offers latest transportation tax plan
When Gwinnett County voters head to the polls on November 5 they will be asked to approve a new one-cent sales tax to expand transit service in the county.
March 1, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 1, 2024
When it comes to state income taxes, Georgia competes in a low-tax region.
February 29, 2024 • Blog
Georgia Public Policy Foundation participates in Hispanic Day at the State Capitol
The day highlighted the contributions and achievements of the Hispanic community in Georgia.
February 21, 2024 • Commentary
Metro Atlanta’s population to reach 7.9 million by 2050
What does this mean, not just for the Atlanta metro area, but the entire state?
February 16, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 16, 2024
We can increase housing affordability, not with taxpayer subsidies, but by removing regulations that limit what types of houses can be built and where.
February 15, 2024 • Blog
Fulton County Commissioner looks for love in all the wrong places (and three other examples of government waste, fraud and abuse)
Your monthly recap of waste, fraud and abuse in Georgia.
February 14, 2024 • Commentary
2024 legislative session hits midpoint this week
Georgia’s 2024 legislative session hits its midpoint this week. As usual, the second half will be far more active and intense than the first.
February 9, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 9, 2024
Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia legislators are protecting workers’ right to privacy in union elections
February 2, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 2, 2024
Cobb County residents will soon be voting on an $11 billion bus-based transit plan.
February 1, 2024 • Blog
Georgia’s homeless problem prompts debate of intentions vs. results
In Atlanta and Athens, residents stress how much compassion they have. But what matters more? Good intentions? Good results?
January 26, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of January 22
Lawmakers convened for Days 6-10 of the 2024 legislative session this week.
January 26, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 26, 2024
This week we celebrate National School Choice Week in Georgia.
January 24, 2024 • Commentary
Georgia continues to show D.C. how government should be run
The divergent realities of our state and federal governments were again on full display this past week.
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