December 24, 2025 • Blog
Spreading Christmas cheer
Christmas is a season brimming with tradition. And oh, what fun it is to make a new tradition every now and then.
Topic: Buckhead
September 26, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 26, 2025
What we can say for certain is that tax policy should encourage work, saving, and investment — not punish it.
August 22, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 22, 2025
How do Georgia's taxes stack up against the rest of the country? We dive in.
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.
December 25, 2024 • Blog
Spreading Christmas cheer
Christmas is a season brimming with tradition. And oh, what fun it is to make a new tradition every now and then.
November 17, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 17, 2023
Education leaders have descended upon Atlanta for ExcelInEd’s National Summit on Education.
November 10, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 10, 2023
Gov. Kemp extends suspension of gas tax until the end of November.
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 9, 2023 • Press Release
Georgia Public Policy Foundation releases new report on key issues facing Buckhead
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has released a report addressing key issues facing Atlanta’s Buckhead community.
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.
June 8, 2023 • Commentary
Raising rates won’t help taxis compete with Uber
Atlanta taxis owners said they wanted higher rates to “match the growing popularity of ride shares.”
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 […]
September 29, 2022 • Blog
Atlanta, It’s Time For Renovations.
Few things in nature flourish with a rotten core.
February 12, 2021
Friday Facts: February 12, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane: Rogers Wade (right), then-president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, chats with U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona after McCain’s keynote address at the Foundation’s 15th […]
February 8, 2019
Friday Facts: February 8, 2019
It’s Friday! Honors For the second consecutive year, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has been named one of the world’s “Best Independent Think Tanks” by the University of Pennsylvania’s Think […]
December 22, 2016
R.I.P. Ed Noble, Developer, Visionary, Founding Member of Foundation’s Board
Ed Noble, an Atlanta visionary and developer of Lenox Square, one of the nation’s first shopping centers, died on December 4, 2016 at age 88. Mr. Noble was a member […]
May 24, 2016
Transit Planning 201 for Atlanta: Please Don’t Let Us Blow It
By Mike Dobbins The pace quickens for putting out some information for citizens to consider as they decide how to vote on the transit referendum. Yet major issues remain about […]
January 5, 2016
New York Times Quotes Foundation on Atlanta Streetcar
“Let’s view this as a lesson.” The New York Times quoted Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd in a January 1, 2016, article by Alan Blinder about the Atlanta Streetcar System. The full […]
December 19, 2014
Transit Should Stay off Tracks and on the Road
This legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly is expected to tackle transportation reform, with many hoping lawmakers address both roadways and transit. By Baruch Feigenbaum This legislative session, the Georgia […]
November 22, 2013
Making a Brave Move on the Transportation Front
How do policy-makers prevent the area around I-75 and I-285 from becoming completely gridlocked when the Braves play? By Baruch Feigenbaum The announcement that the Atlanta Braves are abandoning Turner […]
September 24, 2013
Atlanta’s Great Strides as a World Class IT Capital
The digital economy is changing the world, and we’re just getting started. Companies are launched every day with just an idea and an Internet connection. Technology has affected nearly every […]
February 11, 2013
How the South Will Rise to Power Again
By Joel Kotkin The common media view of the South is as a regressive region, full of overweight, prejudiced, exploited and under-educated numb skulls . This meme was perfectly captured in this Bill Maher-commissioned video from Alexandra Pelosi, […]
May 15, 2012
Checking Up on Health
Health Policy Briefs: Posted May 15 Compiled by Benita Dodd Water, water everywhere, but …: According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 780 million people still lacked safe drinking […]
September 6, 2000
The Myth of Smart Growth
Hans A. von Spakovsky For decades, Atlanta has been one of the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas, and the Atlanta region is projected to have 4.8 million residents by 2025. Atlanta […]