April 6, 2026 • Legislative Update
At The Capitol: Sine Die
The 2026 Georgia legislative session has now come to an end.
Topic: Chuck Hufstetler
March 28, 2026 • Legislative Update
At The Capitol: Week 11
CON Repeal Gains Momentum in Georgia Senate
March 21, 2026 • Legislative Update
At The Capitol: Week 10
Tax Rebates, Tax Cuts and a Gas Tax Suspension
March 7, 2026 • Legislative Update
At The Capitol: Week 8
What Survived Crossover Day at the Georgia Capitol?
February 28, 2026 • Legislative Update
At The Capitol: Week 7
Georgia Lawmakers Pass $43.7B Budget with Tax Relief
February 6, 2026 • Blog
At The Capitol: Week 4
The House approved its amended budget for the current fiscal year, which now heads to the Senate.
January 16, 2026 • Blog
At The Capitol: Week 1
The 2026 Georgia General Assembly kicked off this week, with lawmakers returning to the Capitol for this year’s 40-day session.
March 15, 2025 • Blog
At The Capitol, Legislative Days 29-31
Lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday and were back at work for the final push after Crossover Day.
March 14, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 14, 2025
Crossover Day marked the beginning of the end of this year’s legislative session.
January 17, 2025 • Blog
At The Capitol: Legislative Days 1-5
The 40-day Georgia legislative session gaveled in on Monday, January 13 and legislators quickly handled ceremonial and preliminary duties.
January 17, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 24, 2025
Gov. Brian Kemp delivered his penultimate State of the State address with the usual list of goals and priorities that he’ll pursue over the next few months.
January 17, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 17, 2025
How can school board members serve their fundamental purpose, and how can citizens hold them accountable?
March 2, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of February 26
Crossover Day has finally arrived as we found out which proposed bills moved on to the other chamber.
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 16, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of February 12
The Georgia legislature passed the halfway point of the 2024 session this week as lawmakers continue their work before Crossover Day.
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 9, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of February 5
Lawmakers are busy as they near the halfway point of the 2024 legislative session.
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 7, 2024 • Commentary
Prudent tax reforms are more than welcome
Is there any relief in sight to growing property tax bills?
January 19, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 19, 2024
Why does Georgia continue to be one of the fastest growing states in the country?
August 10, 2023 • Blog
Hollywood’s on strike, but will that impact Georgia?
The ripple effects of strikes by Hollywood writers and actors have reached Georgia, but just how far-reaching are they?
June 22, 2023 • Blog
Atlanta brewery closes, Georgia’s prohibition era laws partly to blame
Atlanta’s Second Self Beer Company is closing after nine years, partly due to century-old Georgia laws.
January 20, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 20, 2023
It’s Friday! Georgia lawmakers brought a tax reform package across the finish line in 2022 that will change the state’s progressive income tax to a 5.49% flat tax beginning in […]
January 20, 2023 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of January 16
A recap of the second week of the 2023 legislative session in Georgia.
April 5, 2022 • Press Release
Georgia Public Policy Foundation Praises Decision to Adopt Flat Tax
In a late night flurry of votes, the Senate passed a bill that will gradually drop the state income tax rate from 5.75% to 4.99% by 2029.
November 11, 2021 • Commentary
Window of Opportunity for Tax Reform in Georgia
Lowering and flattening Georgia’s personal income tax rate could create tens of thousands of jobs within five years, according to a new analysis conducted for t
October 15, 2021 • Foundation News
2021 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, Rx for What Ails the State
The past year has been a public policy whirlwind, with COVID-19 affecting where we work and how our children get an education, a winter deep freeze in the Deep