June 6, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 6, 2025
Despite the growing necessity of data centers as the demand for their services increases, there is debate over their associated costs and benefits.
Topic: Georgia Department of Transportation
May 5, 2025 • Blog
Yes, we can still build
Sometimes it feels like our government can’t do big, important things anymore.
December 6, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 6, 2024
Georgia’s regulatory code has grown steadily since the Secretary of State’s office began tracking rules and regulations in 1965.
October 4, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 4, 2024
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has released our 2024 Guide to the Issues.
September 20, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 20, 2024
There is a disparity among Georgia schools when it comes to transporting students.
August 28, 2024 • Commentary
How is road building evolving in Georgia?
The Ga. 400 express lanes will utilize a public-private partnership that minimizes taxpayer investments.
June 21, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 21, 2024
A conservative approach to early childhood education.
June 14, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 14, 2024
Why Georgia needs to be serious about tort reform.
April 19, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 19, 2024
The federal student loan program is a mess.
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 5, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 5, 2024
The prospects for meaningful property tax reform seemed promising at the beginning of the session.
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 6, 2024 • Commentary
Lawmakers avoid making long-term obligations with temporary surpluses
In total, Gov. Brian Kemp signed an amended budget for the current year that spends almost $5.5 billion more than the original plan.
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.
January 19, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 19, 2024
Why does Georgia continue to be one of the fastest growing states in the country?
December 1, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 1, 2023
When deciding what people value when deciding where to live, work and raise a family, people and businesses tend to favor states with low taxes.
November 17, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 17, 2023
Education leaders have descended upon Atlanta for ExcelInEd’s National Summit on Education.
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.
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.
August 11, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 11, 2023
A strange tweet by the Republican State Leadership Committee claimed that “Georgia Republicans have made school choice a top priority!”
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.
July 28, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 28, 2023
The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to launch a pilot program later this year that will test mileage-based user fees.
July 27, 2023 • Commentary
Replacing the fuel tax with a mileage-based user fee?
For decades, Georgia has paid for its roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure with a fuel tax. But that might be changing.
July 14, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 14, 2023
Will a Certificate of Need study committee in the House lead to reform?
June 23, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 23, 2023
The end of the public health emergency meant that states would resume doing what they had done for the first 50-plus years of Medicaid.
June 14, 2023 • Commentary
Investment in transportation continues to grow
Since the failed transportation tax of a decade ago, transportation funding has increased from $800 million to over $2 billion.
November 7, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 4, 2022
It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: In this week’s commentary Director of Policy and Research Chris Denson reflects on the perplexing reasons behind the recent closure of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center and what it will mean for […]
September 30, 2022 • Commentary
Toll Roads: A Solution to Metro Atlanta’s Traffic Nightmare
A necessary part of the solution to Atlanta's traffic problem is creating more toll roads.
January 28, 2022
Driving Change: The Promise of Per-Mile Charges for Georgia Transportation
As technology, policy and politics change the transportation landscape in Georgia, the state will have to reconsider how it funds transportation infrastructure.
November 19, 2021 • Foundation News
Giving Thanks this Thanksgiving
For many Georgians, 2021 has been a trying follow-up to a traumatizing 2020. But there's still much to be thankful for.
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