April 12, 2013
Malpractice Law Is Bad for Your Health
Let’s compensate all patients any time an injury or death occurs in a hospital for any reason other than the condition that brought them to the hospital in the first […]
Topic: Florida
April 5, 2013
Slow Going, But Georgia’s Moving on Tackling Congestion
Beyond the Gold Dome, transportation policy has been chugging along – and in at least one way – in the direction the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s “Plan B” sought. By […]
March 22, 2013
Extend Tax Credit to Angel Investors,
Extend Tax Credit to Angel Investors,
Give Wings to Georgia’s Economy
By Mike Eckert One of Georgia’s biggest challenges today is job creation. As simple as it may sound, it needs amplifying. When people work, the economy grows and so does […]
March 5, 2013
Checking Up On Health: March 5, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Update on ObamaCare: Florida’s Legislature, not Gov. Rick Scott, will have the final word on whether the state expands Medicaid. And […]
February 26, 2013
Checking Up On Health: February 26, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd ObamaCare sticker shock: Atlanta insurers were included in a six-market survey released this month on how much the multiple mandates in […]
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, […]
January 25, 2013
Friday Facts: January 25, 2012
January 25, 2013 It’s Friday! Upcoming: Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? Who’s to blame? Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? Find out […]
January 18, 2013
Friday Facts: January 18, 2013
January 18, 2013 It’s Friday! Events January 24, 2013: The deadline is Tuesday to register for the Foundation’s first Leadership Breakfast of 2013, “Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the […]
January 14, 2013
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan. 13: Tough times needn’t defer fixes for the future here
This op-ed appeared in the January 13, 2013 (Sunday edition) of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Kelly McCutchen Not everything is off limits to government in an economic recession. On the […]
January 11, 2013
Funding Dearth Opens Opportunity Under the Gold Dome
Despite budget shortfalls, Georgia can enact reforms to ensure better times. By Kelly McCutchen Not everything is off limits to Georgia’s government in an economic recession. On the contrary, the […]
January 11, 2013
FBI Fingerprint Checks Could Make Day Care Safer for Kids
Georgia has tens of thousands of non-director-level day care staff that work in thousands of facilities. Stronger laws could improve what we know about most of them, including whether they […]
January 8, 2013
Is There Ever Anything Good About Receiving a D+ Grade?
Pop Quiz: Is there ever anything good about receiving a D+ grade? This week the public education watchdog StudentsFirst ranked Georgia 15th nationally in a report that analyzed existing state […]
January 7, 2013
Register for Jan. 24 Event with Reason’s Robert Poole
GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION EVENT INVITATION January 7, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Transportation Expert Robert Poole Keynotes Event: ‘Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the Pike’ […]
January 4, 2013
Friday Facts: January 4, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the […]
December 21, 2012
Help Patients and Budget: Replace Georgia’s Broken Medical Tort System
When the governor paints the state’s financial picture as “daunting” and Medicaid is at least $700 million in the red, you know it’s time to get serious about the state […]
December 11, 2012
Would You Send Your Child to a Washington D.C. School?
Who among us would send our child to a public school in the District of Columbia, chosen at random? This question may be uncomfortable, but it is one that could […]
December 4, 2012
Who Will Help Smartest Kids Achieve the Next Level?
Three kids go to school. One way under achieves, one achieves okay but nothing spectacular and the third kid achieves off the chart, leaving the other two way behind. So […]
October 26, 2012
Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the Pike
Transportation analyst Robert W. Poole of the Reason Foundation will keynote “Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the Pike,” a January 24, 2013 Leadership Breakfast hosted by the Georgia Public […]
October 9, 2012
When Economy Cracked, Many Georgians Cracked the Books
By Mike Klein Two young women in my family attend two-year colleges. The match is perfect. One works four days per week at a veterinary hospital and takes classes two […]
September 18, 2012
Checking Up On Health
Health Policy Briefs: September 18 Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Why the cost? Becker’s Hospital CEO Report quizzed nine health care professionals, including physicians and former hospital executives, on […]
September 14, 2012
Friday Facts: September 14, 2012
September 14, 2012 It’s Friday! The deadline is Monday to register for the third annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which takes place on Friday, September 21, at the W Hotel […]
September 11, 2012
The Untold Story: What Really Happened with Romneycare
(Editor’s Note: Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court health care law decision impact at the 2012 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on Friday, September 21 at the W […]
September 7, 2012
Friday Facts: September 7, 2012
September 7, 2012 It’s Friday! Register now! The third annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum takes place on Friday, September 21, at the W Hotel in Midtown Atlanta. This year’s event […]
September 4, 2012
Drilling Down on Learning Tech and Who Pays For It
By Eric Wearne “For state and district leaders, it comes down to two decisions: what devices and who pays.” These are always fundamental concepts surrounding the adoption and implementation of […]
August 30, 2012
Friday Facts: August 31, 2012
August 31, 2012 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that “all powers not delegated to the United States, by […]
August 30, 2012
Georgia Legislative Policy Forum
2012 Legislative Policy Forum 2012 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum “Wisdom, Justice and Innovation” Bringing the nation’s top experts to Georgia to focus on innovative solutions to Georgia’s challenges Hosted by the Conservative Policy […]
August 24, 2012
Friday Facts: August 24, 2012
August 24, 2012 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note Correction: Two of the Quotes of Note in last week’s Friday Facts were incorrectly attributed to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. Our […]
August 23, 2012
Policy Forum Brings Innovative Solutions to Georgia
The Sept. 21 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum will focus on the most anticipated issues under the Gold Dome, offering free-market approaches, limited government solutions and innovations for Georgia that have […]
August 17, 2012
Friday Facts: August 17, 2012
August 17, 2012 It’s Friday! Visit the Foundation’s new Web site at www.georgiapolicy.org then e-mail us at to tell us what you think of it! Quotes of note “If […]
August 3, 2012
Homeschoolers: Just Let ‘Em Play
By Mary Chambers Our favorite sports movies often arise out of stories of hardship: the athletes who were told they couldn’t or shouldn’t play but proved everyone wrong. All of these […]
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