Topic: Georgia General Assembly


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 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 14, 2012

A Child Nods to Health Reform

“My health and life are not your choice, in America we once had a voice.”   By Ronald E. Bachman (With thanks to E.A. Poe’s, “The Raven”)  Once upon a […]

December 7, 2012

What Really Happened in Georgia’s Charter School Vote

Did people in areas that rejected the November charter school constitutional amendment have some secret educational advantage over the rest of the state? By Brad Alexander In November, Georgians resoundingly […]


November 16, 2012

African-American Voters Inspired by School Choice

One of the most striking results of the vote on Amendment 1, which was approved by Georgia voters on Tuesday and creates an independent commission to authorize public charter schools […]

November 9, 2012

Teamwork Will Move Georgia Transit Forward

Public transportation service will thrive when transit systems adopt quality performance standards and service for their riders. They must embrace information technology to maximize operating efficiency and enhance service. They […]

November 5, 2012

Do Charter Schools Hurt Students in Traditional Schools?

A comprehensive mathematical analysis of Georgia public school funding models has found local school systems that enroll nearly nine-out-of-ten public school students would experience increased resources when a student transfers […]




October 12, 2012

Health Care Reform Must Be Patient-Focused

The fact that over 25 percent of physicians are seriously considering leaving medicine if ObamaCare is fully implemented is sobering. By Don W. Printz This month marked the 69th annual […]

October 9, 2012

Checking Up On Health

Advances in science; spin on the health care law and fraud in government health programs.   Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Bed tax,’ again: Andy Miller of Georgia […]


September 28, 2012

Choice, Charters and The Children

Thousands of children are on waiting lists, demonstrating that parents are aching for the option of charter schools By Benita M. Dodd With less than 40 days to the November […]

September 21, 2012

Medical Malpractice Reform Can End Insult to the Injured

A nationall survey of attorneys finds that many legitimate victims of medical malpractice have no meaningful access to the civil justice system. By Joanna Shepherd-Bailey Jennifer Shiver knows what it […]

September 6, 2012

‘Plan T:’ For Georgia Traffic and So Much More

Using “Plan T,” Atlanta has an opportunity to replace its reputation as one of the “most congested cities” and become as the “go to” place for business. By Michael Dziak […]

August 30, 2012

Happy Capital Day?

Any good economist will tell you that as complementary factors of production, labor and capital are not only indispensable but hugely dependent upon each other as well. By Lawrence W. Reed […]

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 16, 2012

Charter School Successes Well Documented

The only way to know with confidence whether charters cause better outcomes is to look at randomized control trials (RCTs) in which students are assigned by lottery to attending a […]

August 9, 2012

Banking on Land Banks is Banking on Trouble

The new Georgia Land Bank Act expands local governments’ abilities to create a land bank, an organization with sweeping authority to acquire and dispose of vacant, abandoned or delinquent properties. […]

August 3, 2012

Friday Facts

  It’s Friday!  Quotes of note – “Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality – an authoritarian determination […]




June 8, 2012

Five Ways to Move Ahead on Transportation Policy

By Benita M. Dodd Given the wall-to-wall coverage of the upcoming regional transportation sales tax referendum, Georgians could hardly be blamed for believing that all transportation improvement in the state, […]


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