May 17, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 17, 2024
Much of this increase in house prices is not due to market forces, but rather dictated by a complex system of regulatory factors that increase costs.
Topic: Fulton County
May 16, 2024 • Blog
A ritzy Mercedes, a busted mayor, and the worst Chief Financial Officer you ever saw made April a month for waste, fraud and abuse
A monthly compilation of alleged or documented stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
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 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.
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 15, 2024 • Blog
Fulton County Commissioner looks for love in all the wrong places (and three other examples of government waste, fraud and abuse)
Your monthly recap of waste, fraud and abuse in Georgia.
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.
December 7, 2023 • Blog
Missing MARTA money and crooked officers of the law headline this month’s waste, fraud and abuse
A review of the latest stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
November 8, 2023
A Review of Buckhead’s Four Biggest Policy Concerns
This study analyzes four key issues facing the Buckhead community in Atlanta, GA.
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.
June 9, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 9, 2023
Atlanta's taxis are struggling. So what did they do? Asked the City Council to raise the rates they charge customers.
April 28, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 28, 2023
This week, the Foundation welcomed The Babylon Bee’s Seth Dillon to Atlanta for our annual Georgia Freedom Dinner. It was great to see so many friends and I appreciate everyone […]
April 21, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 21, 2023
It’s Friday! Access to quality healthcare close to home is important for all Georgians. And while access to care has always been difficult for rural Georgians, it’s recently become an […]
April 20, 2023 • Commentary
Certificate of Need laws do not work as intended
CON laws not only provide an unnecessary barrier to healthcare access, they also make it harder for communities to replace any healthcare providers they lose.
March 23, 2023 • Commentary
What happened to CON reform this year?
Three bills that would have reduced certificate of need regulations by varying degrees were introduced this year.
March 10, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 10, 2023
It’s Friday! The Georgia legislature has advanced two issues that lawmakers have been debating under the Gold Dome for years. In some cases, decades. Senate Bill 99, sponsored by Sen. […]
February 6, 2023
Development Impact Fees: Trends and Impact on the Community
While impact fees are a tool to help defray the costs of infrastructure needed to support new development, they are also an additional housing cost.
November 30, 2022
The Impact of Fees on Georgia’s Housing Supply
Georgia needs to build hundreds of thousands of new homes to fill the housing shortfall, and impact fees are making them more expensive by thousands of dollars.
November 16, 2022 • Commentary
Brian Kemp Sets the Standard
Brian Kemp won’t be on the ballot in 2024. It’s up to GOP primary voters to decide which candidate in 2024 can meet the standard he set.
October 28, 2022 • Commentary
Foundation Study Examines Georgia’s Development Impact Fees
Our latest study is a comprehensive examination of development impact fees and revenues throughout the state.
October 27, 2022
Assessment of Georgia Development Impact Fees
A comprehensive list of development impact fees in Georgia with examinations of single-family and multifamily rates.
October 12, 2022 • Commentary
Addressing Georgia’s Healthcare Shortage
Several Georgia counties and communities do not have adequate access to healthcare services. Full practice authority for practitioners would address this trend.
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 […]
July 8, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 8, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” –Peter Marshall […]
June 24, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 24, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.” –Albert Einstein “The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues […]
April 22, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 22, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” – Stephen Hawking “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If […]
April 8, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 08, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note“Personal independence is a virtue…but there can be no independence without a large share of self-dependence, and this virtue cannot be bestowed, it must be developed […]
January 7, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 07, 2022
Yesterday, friends and family of the great Johnny Isakson gathered to memorialize the late Republican senator. Read Georgia Policy’s fond memories of our friend
December 3, 2021
Friday Facts: December 03, 2021
In the early days of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, even public charter school choice was needlessly limited in Georgia, as this 1996 article demonstrate
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