February 18, 2011
It’s Friday! Events – March 1: Join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Concord Coalition for the Fiscal Solutions Tour at 5 p.m. on March 1 at Kennesaw State University. The […]
February 4, 2011
It’s Friday! Join our Forum! – If you like the Friday Facts, you’ll love The Forum. This interactive community is a series of issue-oriented blogs where you can find breaking stories and […]
February 4, 2011
By Benita M. Dodd In a week in which the crafters of the new federal health care law probably needed trauma care, two of Georgia’s best known physicians were attending […]
February 3, 2011
Home Remedies for What Ails Health Care By Benita M. Dodd In a week in which the crafters of the new federal health care law probably needed trauma care, two […]
January 30, 2011
As printed in Sunday's AJC: Atlanta Forward / Another View: State could become a national model By Kelly McCutchen Some may quibble with details, and adjustments will certainly be made, but […]
January 21, 2011
It’s Friday! Join our Forum! – If you like the Friday Facts, you’ll love the Forum. This interactive community is a series of issue-oriented blogs where you can find breaking […]
January 19, 2011
The editorial page of today's Wall Street Journal praised Georgia's proposed tax reform plan as "The Anti-Illinois." It praised the plan for following "the first principle of a sound and […]
January 14, 2011
Florida Governor Rick Scott took office last week and appears ready to stand behind the kind of reforms that made Florida a national leader in education reform and positive results […]
January 14, 2011
It’s Friday! Quotations – “You could take a poll and see what the public says it wants, but what the public says it wants at any particular moment is not identical with the public interest. The public […]
January 10, 2011
While some may quibble with the details, and some adjustments will certainly be made, if enacted, the Tax Council’s pro-growth tax reforms will make Georgia a national model. Expect many […]
December 10, 2010
By Benita M. Dodd The first thing to know about Georgia’s water worries is that just as Washington doesn’t have a revenue problem but a spending problem, Georgia doesn’t have […]
December 3, 2010
It’s Friday! – Today is the deadline to register for, “ABCs+D = The Virtual Success of Digital Learning,“ a Georgia Public Policy Foundation Policy Briefing Luncheon at noon on Tuesday, […]
November 26, 2010
By E. Frank Stephenson Georgia’s incoming General Assembly faces a projected budget shortfall of more than $1 billion for Fiscal Year 2012. This is a daunting challenge, and after several […]
November 5, 2010
It’s Friday! Notable It’s not too late to register for the Georgia Legislative Policy Briefing on Saturday, Nov. 13. This daylong event features dozens of national and statewide experts on the top […]
September 17, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that […]
August 13, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable “The U.S. Postal Service reported a $3.5 billion loss in the last quarter, which established it as the federal government’s most successful enterprise.” – Jay Leno […]
July 16, 2010
By Mark King When it comes to the tax climate, Georgia ranks middle of the road or worse in several categories, according to the Tax Foundation. The state ranks 29th […]
April 20, 2010
By Mike Klein Each day across Georgia, the state Department of Corrections prepares enough meals to feed the population of the city of Marietta. Breakfast and lunch are served […]
April 16, 2010
By Kelly McCutchen With state revenues finally ending their freefall and a balanced budget working its way through the House, it’s reasonable to expect the job will be easier […]
March 5, 2010
By Benita M. Dodd Which is the environmentally sound approach, policy-makers seeing job creation as the key to economic recovery or environmental groups pushing for stringent prohibitions on interbasin transfers […]
February 19, 2010 • Commentary
By Charles Romano and Ross Mason Biotechnology research is emerging in Georgia through a financially buoyant and talented pool of professionals who bring great science, technology and jobs to the […]
January 22, 2010
By Mike Klein Economies require technology just as mammals require oxygen. In effect, technology is the oxygen from which economic progress is derived. If you wonder about that idea, consider […]
January 8, 2010
By Benita M. Dodd The Georgia Department of Transportation’s Draft Statewide Strategic Plan released this month reflects the state’s transportation approach for the next 20 years and, it’s promising that […]
October 23, 2009
By Benita M. Dodd Sometimes, you can judge a book by its cover. The 2009 Transportation MAP – Metropolitan Atlanta Performance – Report released in October is available at http://tinyurl.com/yknjba4. It offers a “snapshot” […]
July 31, 2009
By Daniel Groce Georgia prides itself in being set apart from other states for its diversity and innovation, but a sore thumb is its lack of diversification in investment through […]
June 5, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen Technology pundits may be debating whether we are in Web 2.0 or 3.0, but all too often, government is stuck in Web 1.0. Many governments are starting […]
April 3, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen Georgia families and businesses are facing difficult economic times, but there is a bright side: At least they’re not residents of New York or California. New York’s […]
February 20, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen The ongoing debate over how best to finance nuclear power plant construction in Georgia has generated more energy than utilities do. One side argues it will save […]
February 13, 2009
By Chip Rogers Georgia’s property tax system is a broken relic of a bygone agrarian-based economy. It fails every test of what constitutes good tax policy. It is not transparent, […]
November 21, 2008
By Benita M. Dodd “If you build it, they will come,” was the mantra for opponents of road-building in metro Atlanta, the economic engine of Georgia. So we didn’t build […]
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