Topic: Augusta



October 26, 2023 • Blog

11 spooky policy ideas to avoid

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

October 6, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 6, 2023

This year alone, at least 19 states have significantly expanded school choice policies.

September 28, 2023 • Commentary

Birth center blocked by CON laws

In 2021, the Augusta Birth Center applied to become the first freestanding birth center in Richmond County.

September 15, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 15, 2023

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has released a new study of the lot and home size minimums enforced throughout the state.

September 8, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 8, 2023

It's time to support a return to the appropriate division of labor between Washington, D.C. and the states.


August 18, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 18, 2023

It’s tax time for local governments across Georgia, the season when local governments review their updated tax digests and set their millage rates.


August 11, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 11, 2023

A strange tweet by the Republican State Leadership Committee claimed that “Georgia Republicans have made school choice a top priority!”


August 4, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 4, 2023

A list that gets its subject matter exactly backward makes me stop and wonder what’s going on.

July 28, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 28, 2023

The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to launch a pilot program later this year that will test mileage-based user fees.


May 18, 2023 • Commentary

Is Georgia serious about licensing reform?

A new commission will review Georgia’s occupational licensing practices and implement a framework to accommodate the state’s changing economy.

May 12, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 12, 2023

Last week’s release of eighth grade U.S. history and civics tests delivered another round of bad news for students and schools. 

April 7, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: April 7, 2023

It’s Friday! With housing costs putting a strain on home seekers in Georgia and throughout the country, renting is an increasingly feasible option for individuals and families as they try […]


March 31, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 31, 2023

It’s Friday! It takes 120 votes to pass a bill through the General Assembly: 29 or more in the Senate, and 91 or more in the House. In the waning […]

March 30, 2023 • Blog

At the Capitol: Sine Die

A recap of the final week of the 2023 legislative session in Georgia.

March 24, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 24, 2023

It’s Friday! Any hope of reforming the state’s regulatory system for approving new healthcare facilities in 2023 appears to be effectively dead with only two legislative days remaining in the […]


March 23, 2023 • Commentary

What happened to CON reform this year?

Three bills that would have reduced certificate of need regulations by varying degrees were introduced this year. 


March 17, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 17, 2023

It’s Friday! The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism advanced House Bill 514 this week, legislation limiting the ability of local governments to enact moratoriums on building new housing to no […]

March 10, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 10, 2023

It’s Friday! The Georgia legislature has advanced two issues that lawmakers have been debating under the Gold Dome for years. In some cases, decades. Senate Bill 99, sponsored by Sen. […]


February 17, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: February 17, 2023

It’s Friday! Some bad ideas just won’t go away. MARTA released details last fall on a plan to extend its streetcar 2.5 miles to Atlanta’s Beltline. Previously, the Georgia Public […]

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