April 29, 2016
Childhood lead poisoning prevention is one of the “Ten Great Public Health Achievements” from 2001 to 2010. By Harold Brown President Obama has announced he is heading to Flint, Mich., […]
April 15, 2016
Continuing to resort to 19th-century technology is unwise when a 21st-century generation prefers flexibility and innovative, personalized transit options. By Benita Dodd Rail transit as a mass transportation mode is […]
April 8, 2016
We’re seeing more grandparents and children, with fewer folks in between. By Kelly McCutchen Georgia and the rest of the country are experiencing a significant demographic change: We’re seeing more […]
April 1, 2016
A troubling trend continues: well-connected special interests using state government to thwart competition. By Kelly McCutchen Missed opportunities. That’s the best description of the just completed legislative session. The General […]
March 29, 2016
When legislators play doctor, protectionism in the General Assembly and other health news. Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The law and unintended consequences One of […]
March 24, 2016
ZPolitics publishes Foundation commentary on ObamaCare at age 6. Benita Dodd wrote a commentary for ZPolitics that was published on March 23, 2016, the sixth anniversary of the Affordable Care […]
March 21, 2016
Atlanta-focused transportation component has positives and negatives. By Baruch Feigenbaum In 2015, the Georgia General Assembly passed the Transportation Funding Act, dedicating substantial existing resources from the general fund to […]
March 18, 2016
By Kelly McCutchen The Georgia Senate deserves a hearty congratulations for approving a pro-growth tax reform Wednesday (March 16) that would reduce Georgia’s marginal personal income tax rate for the […]
March 17, 2016
By Benita M. Dodd March 13-19 is Sunshine Week, the annual nationwide celebration of government transparency and access to public information. It’s come just in time to reinforce the need for […]
March 11, 2016
Leadership and good policy put Georgia in the lead in criminal justice reform. By Benita M. Dodd Appeals Court Judge Michael P. Boggs, co-chair of the Georgia Council on Criminal […]
March 10, 2016
We’re seeing more grandparents and children, with fewer folks in between. By Kelly McCutchen Georgia and the rest of the country are experiencing a significant demographic change: We’re seeing more […]
March 4, 2016
It’s Friday! Register NOW! The deadline is Tuesday to sign up for the March 10 Leadership Breakfast, “At the Inter$ection of Education and Aging.” How does Georgia fund education when […]
March 4, 2016
The central component for helping people escape poverty is work. By Logan Pike and John Nothdurft Georgia’s dreadful welfare system is perhaps one of the worst in the nation, but […]
February 26, 2016
Changing demographics affect the labor force as much as, or more than, the recent recession. By Harold Brown A person who wants a job and doesn’t have one knows exactly […]
February 4, 2016
A new quarter-penny sales tax for transit could build one heavy-rail extension that would lock up transit funding and lock in an aging technology for the foreseeable future and take […]
January 29, 2016
Choice, standards and online learning help move Georgia students forward. By Benita M. Dodd Georgians marked National School Choice Week Jan. 24-30, a week of events highlighted by thousands of yellow […]
January 15, 2016
There are better routes than Medicaid expansion to health care for low-income individuals. By Benita M. Dodd In his State of the State address to the Georgia Legislature this week, […]
January 14, 2016
Session 2016: Limit government, advance economic opportunity. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Sunday edition on January 10, 2016 published this op-ed by Foundation president Kelly McCutchen on the Foundation’s hopes for the […]
January 8, 2016
Conventional wisdom says a budget surplus plus an election year equals a legislative session that adjourns quickly to maximize time for campaigning and fundraising, but not before spreading government funds […]
December 18, 2015
By Ben Scafidi Humans seem to always want more – more time with our families, more health care, more funding for roads, more tax cuts. More funding for our public […]
December 11, 2015
How do you reverse racial segregation in America’s schools? By Benita M. Dodd Education desegregation started out with such lofty promise in America. So why have decades of massive government […]
November 20, 2015
Hundreds of liberty-minded activists from around the world were gathered for the Atlas Network’s Liberty Forum. By Benita M. Dodd As terrorists were detonating deadly bombs in Beirut, hundreds of […]
November 13, 2015
By Kelly McCutchen With the media focused on partisan gridlock in Washington, it’s easy to overlook major success stories in bringing bipartisan public policy and innovative business partnerships together to […]
November 6, 2015
It’s not Medicaid expansion that will solve Georgia’s health care challenges. By Josh Daniels Political support for Medicaid expansion in Georgia is on life support and the prognosis may be […]
October 30, 2015
Economic opportunity still lags the nation in Georgia. By Benita M. Dodd Six years after the economic downturn, the job market for able-bodied adults in Georgia remains one of the worst […]
October 23, 2015
For centuries, too-good-to-be-true deals have snagged investors with promises that they can ignore past failures because “this time it will be different.” Peachtree City’s leaders appear to have been told […]
October 9, 2015
The concept of a competitive cross-state selling approach would create a free market framework for expanded sales of individual insurance policies. The Hill ran an article this week criticizing Georgia’s […]
September 18, 2015
The more controversial the issue, the more important it is to protect privacy. By Kelly McCutchen Would you respond honestly at a public meeting in your community if the speaker […]
September 14, 2015
Too many parents are being forced to send their children to public schools that are failing to provide an adequate education. This op-ed by Jim Kelly, a Senior Fellow at […]
September 4, 2015
Wanted: strong individual citizen involvement to hold government accountable. By Brad Raffensperger America is at a crossroads. In fact, it is at the midpoint of the teeter-totter. Perhaps it has […]
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