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.
Topic: Dougherty County
November 2, 2023 • Blog
Not just hospitals: Georgia CON laws also limit medical technologies
Certificate of Need laws prevent healthcare providers from adding medical equipment without first receiving permission from the state.
August 24, 2023 • Blog
More Georgia’s cities and counties set property tax rates
The latest recap of millage rate discussions in Georgia.
August 18, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 18, 2023
It’s tax time for local governments across Georgia, the season when local governments review their updated tax digests and set their millage rates.
August 17, 2023 • Blog
Some Georgians still have time to stop higher property taxes
From Walker county to Dougherty county and points in between, we have an update on the latest discussion and decisions on millage tax rates for the next year.
June 20, 2023 • Blog
EXCLUSIVE: Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones says new study committees will steer state’s future
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones talks with us about the 2023 legislative session and his future legislative goals.
June 5, 2023 • Blog
Georgia’s CON pits the powerful against rural healthcare needs
“We want folks here to have a choice, but without competition there is no incentive to be any better.”
March 1, 2023 • Blog
School choice programs would provide fiscal savings for public school districts
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has updated our estimates of the fiscal savings for public school districts associated with school choice programs.
July 22, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 22, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” –Winston Churchill “Identifying […]
December 17, 2015
Could Georgia Education Funding Reform Impact Achievement?
The very first recommendation in the final report from the Georgia Education Reform Commission was this: Develop a student-based funding formula. What does this mean? According to education experts from the Reason […]
June 24, 2015 • Blog
King v. Burwell and the Cost of Health Insurance
A reduction in the underlying cost of health insurance is an often-overlooked benefit of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of the plaintiff in the King v. Burwell case. […]
February 28, 2014
Don’t Let the Law Get Away With Georgians’ Goods
There’s no doubt that Georgia’s law enforcement officials dislike strings that restrict civil asset forfeiture, which is the power of law enforcement to seize and keep property suspected of being […]
January 17, 2014
Friday Facts: January 17, 2014
January 17, 2014 It’s Friday! Events January 28, 2014: The deadline is Friday, January 24 to register for “School Choice and Georgia: An Update,” the Foundation’s 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast […]
June 1, 2012
Friday Facts: June 1, 2012
It’s Friday! – June 27 Policy Briefing Luncheon: Register now for “The Road to Freedom,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon at Cobb County’s Georgian Club with Arthur Brooks,president of the American […]
October 8, 2010
Friday Facts: October 8th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “What progressives want to do is take money from some – by force – and spend it on others. It sounds less noble when plainly stated. That’s […]