November 15, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 15, 2024
The nation paused on Monday to honor those who have served our nation.
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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.
October 14, 2016
Friday Facts: October 14, 2016
It’s Friday! Events November 11: In less than one month, John Stossel of “Stossel” on Fox Business Network keynotes the Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award! The Freedom […]
June 24, 2016 • Blog
Rome’s Free Clinic: Community Taking Charge
Dr. Leonard Reeves shares an experience that epitomizes his role as president of the Faith and Deeds Community Health free clinic in Rome, Ga. A forklift operator visited the emergency […]
February 19, 2016
Friday Facts: February 19, 2016
It’s Friday! Then and Now My, how we’ve grown: In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, the Governor’s Commission on Effectiveness and Economy in Government released […]
August 14, 2015
Georgia Gas Tax Hike: Much Ado About Nothing
Contrary to media reports, Georgia’s gas tax change has not led to a price increase at the pump. By Clay G. Collins and E. Frank Stephenson One of the most […]
March 20, 2015
Friday Facts: March 20, 2015
It’s Friday! Events March 26: Foundation President Kelly McCutchen is a panelist at an Atlanta discussion on criminal justice reform in Georgia, hosted by the Charles Koch Institute. Find out […]
October 24, 2014
Making Sense of Georgia’s Labor Market
Like the blind men and the elephant, the competing charges on Georgia’s jobless are because of different data. By E. Frank Stephenson Georgians with the misfortune of turning on their […]
August 20, 2014
Atlanta Classical Academy Educates Citizens for a Free Republic
Atlanta Classical Academy opened this fall with nearly 500 students enrolled and 1,200 more are on the waiting list. By Foundation Editor Mike Klein. Fifth in a series about new […]
August 3, 2012
Homeschoolers: Just Let ‘Em Play
By Mary Chambers Our favorite sports movies often arise out of stories of hardship: the athletes who were told they couldn’t or shouldn’t play but proved everyone wrong. All of these […]
August 3, 2012
Maryland Leads 4th, 8th Grade Gains; Georgia Moving Up
By Mike Klein What’s in the Maryland water? A student performance analysis that contains encouraging news about Georgia also leads to the inescapable conclusion that Maryland has really gotten its […]
January 14, 2011
Tax Reform Council Delivers a Promising Package
By E. Frank Stephenson When Georgia’s Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness released its recommendations on January 7, headline writers trumpeted the council’s proposal to eliminate the sales tax […]
November 26, 2010
Move to Accountable Budgeting in Georgia
By E. Frank Stephenson Georgia’s incoming General Assembly faces a projected budget shortfall of more than $1 billion for Fiscal Year 2012. This is a daunting challenge, and after several […]
September 8, 2010
A Primer on Gross Receipts Taxes
By Robert A. Lawson and E. Frank Stephenson With a commission examining Georgia’s tax structure and the possibility of legislative action next year, one possible course of action is the […]
January 29, 2010
Smokes and Mirrors in Resolving Budget Woes
By E. Frank Stephenson The General Assembly convened this year facing the daunting challenge of closing a billion-dollar budget hole, partly caused by the slumping economy and the consequent decrease […]
March 28, 2008
Give Income Tax Cuts a Chance
By E. Frank Stephenson Good news for Georgia taxpayers: It is looking increasingly likely that the 2008 General Assembly session will result in a significant tax cut. What remains less […]
September 9, 2005
Buffer Taxpayers From Government Spendthrifts
By E. Frank Stephenson One of the most important factors in determining a state’s quality of life and economic environment is the size of its government and the ability to […]