July 29, 2025
Short Supply: How Many More Homes Does Georgia Need?
Georgia is growing fast—adding more than a million new residents each decade. But housing construction hasn’t kept pace.
Topic: Chattahoochee River
February 14, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 14, 2025
We can improve education outcomes. Florida and Mississippi have proven that.
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.
December 20, 2023 • Blog
Georgia and Alabama reach agreement in ‘Water Wars’
A possible conclusion to the long-standing dispute feels like a Christmas miracle.
December 15, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 15, 2023
When it comes to analyzing the available data on student outcomes for college and career academies, we found two main obstacles. What are they?
April 30, 2021 • Commentary
Quarries Hold Water for a Regional Quandary
Ever since it was a small town, Atlanta has worried about its water. In a 1951 U.S. Geological Survey publication, the author wrote about the establishment in 1
May 3, 2019
Still Asking for Whom Georgia’s Roads are Tolled?
By Benita M. Dodd The toll lanes are coming! The toll lanes are coming! Despite a lengthy history of tolling in Georgia, many current residents appear intimidated or uninformed about […]
February 17, 2017
Friday Facts: February 17, 2017
It’s Friday! Events February 22: Register by MONDAY to join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Institute for Justice for, “Bottleneckers,” Wednesday’s Leadership Breakfast and Book Forum with Dick […]
February 3, 2017
Georgia’s New Toll Lanes Help ‘Reverse’ Traffic Congestion
By Benita M. Dodd In a milestone event that occurred quietly on Saturday, January 28 Georgia entered the ranks of the few, the proud, the innovative states as a 12-mile […]
December 16, 2016
The Glacial Update of Georgia’s Water Plan
First the update of the water policy plan for Georgia. Next, the outcry. By Benita M. Dodd Imagine a group project today where everyone must put their electronic devices in […]
April 22, 2016
It’s Earth Day: Hold On to Your Wallets!
Expect more announcements of environmental “crises” today. By Benita M. Dodd Before and since the first Earth Day in April 1970, this nation has made awe-inspiring improvements in its quality […]
August 18, 2014
Chattahoochee Hills Charter … Learning in the Natural World
Chattahoochee Hills Charter School will open next week with an emphasis on arts, agriculture and environmental studies. By Foundation Editor Mike Klein Fourth in a series about new Georgia start-up […]
January 13, 2012
Friday Facts: January 13th, 2012
It’s Friday! Events – Register now to celebrate National School Choice Week with, “Breaking Down Barriers to High Quality Education in Georgia” the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January […]
July 25, 2008
Fault Feds, not Atlanta, for Lanier’s Woes
By Chick Krautler Today, Lake Lanier is more than 13 feet below its full pool and nearly 10 feet lower than it was this time last year. The state climatologist […]
November 2, 2007
Wising Up to Georgia’s Water Woes
By Benita M. Dodd and Harold Brown “It is remarkable how many political ‘solutions’ today are dealing with problems created by previous political ‘solutions’,” conservative commentator Thomas Sowell wrote recently […]
July 28, 2006
Presumptions on Water Quality can Pollute Minds
By Harold Brown Projections of metro Atlanta’s deteriorating water quality are many and presumptive, usually with warnings of looming problems exploited as leverage for some cause or project. According to […]
June 10, 2005
TMDLs: Tall Tale of Fishes and Silt
By Harold Brown The king of Clearwater liked to fish, but he was distraught that he could catch only a few, or none, in the streams near the castle and […]
March 4, 2005
Where Has All the Water Gone – Or Has It?
By Harold Brown It is impossible to use up water. When it is used, it doesn’t disappear. There is as much water on this planet today as there was thousands […]