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: Cobb County
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 15, 2025 • Blog
Georgia schools spent billions in COVID-19 relief dollars, but on what, exactly?
Finding the information about who got what and at what cost is one thing, but trying to understand what it actually was is another thing.
January 2, 2025 • Commentary
A quarter century of change
With 2024’s close, a quarter of the years beginning with “20” are now complete.
November 8, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 8, 2024
With most of the 2024 election coverage focused on the vote for president, we wanted to provide some insight into what happened at the state level.
November 7, 2024 • Commentary
Republicans maintain legislative majorities. What else happened on Election Day?
While none of the statewide constitutional officers were on the ballot this year, every member of the legislature faced the voters.
October 4, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 4, 2024
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has released our 2024 Guide to the Issues.
August 23, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 23, 2024
Georgia’s teacher pension is not out of the woods and still poses a major risk of unexpected runaway costs.
May 10, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 10, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission recently voted to approve a new final rule banning non compete agreements across the entire economy.
May 3, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 3, 2024
We all know the federal government is a mess. What can we do?
April 24, 2024 • Blog
Georgians deserve more transparency, consistency and opportunity with open enrollment policies
Students deserve options to find their best educational fit, including within the public school system.
April 12, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 12, 2024
Georgia is not meeting its full potential in making open enrollment programs accessible to students.
April 11, 2024
Report on Georgia’s Open Enrollment Transfer Environment
While Georgia law allows transfers to and from public schools, there are still numerous legal, financial and bureaucratic limitations.
April 9, 2024 • Blog
Comparing Cobb and Gwinnett County transit plans
Gwinnett and Cobb County will ask voters to approve a one-cent sales tax to expand public transit options this fall.
March 29, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 29, 2024
This year, we saw positive movement on school choice, Certificate of Need reform and tax reform.
March 15, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 15, 2024
Lawmakers move bills on school choice and CON. But what do those bills look like?
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 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 9, 2024
Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia legislators are protecting workers’ right to privacy in union elections
February 2, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 2, 2024
Cobb County residents will soon be voting on an $11 billion bus-based transit plan.
February 1, 2024 • Commentary
Cobb County transit plan has a lot to like but also potential problems
Rather than stage another MARTA referendum, the county is trying a lower-cost approach that adds 108 miles of fixed-route service.
November 17, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 17, 2023
Education leaders have descended upon Atlanta for ExcelInEd’s National Summit on Education.
November 3, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 3, 2023
Georgia’s next Election Day is not in 2024. It’s next Tuesday.
October 27, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 27, 2023
Just in time for Halloween, we outline 11 spooky policy ideas - from banning gas-powered vehicles to blocking charter schools - we should all run from.
October 6, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 6, 2023
This year alone, at least 19 states have significantly expanded school choice policies.
October 5, 2023 • Blog
The mayor of Atlanta and even Madea got busted wasting taxpayer money
A monthly compilation of alleged or documented stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
September 14, 2023 • Blog
Georgia civil servants were dishonest, vindictive and hid facts from the public
A monthly compilation of alleged or documented stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
September 14, 2023
A Review of Lot and Home Size Minimums in Georgia
This study analyzes the available minimum lot sizes and minimum home sizes in ordinance at the local level in Georgia.
August 25, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 25, 2023
The 2023 Georgia Housing Summit will dive into the issue of housing affordability in Georgia.
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.
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