March 13, 2020
Friday Facts: March 13, 2020
It’s Friday! Postponed: The Foundation’s event scheduled for Wednesday (March 18) has been postponed out of an abundance of caution. “Brexit: The Good, the Bad and the Messy” will be […]
Topic: Georgia General Assembly
March 9, 2020 • Press Release
News Release: Legislature’s Tax Relief Efforts ‘Commendable’
News Release | For Immediate Release March 9, 2020 Contact: Benita Dodd at (404-256-4050) Foundation CEO Calls Legislature’s Tax Relief Efforts ‘Commendable’ Atlanta — Georgia Public Policy Foundation President Kyle Wingfield praised the Georgia General […]
March 6, 2020
Friday Facts: March 6, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “It’s fashionable for Democrats – and, if polls are to be believed, many Republicans too – to believe that something must be done about the […]
February 28, 2020
Friday Facts: February 28, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Overall, the evidence indicates that occupational licensing limits workers’ ability to enter professions or move to new areas with greater opportunity.” – Council of Economic […]
February 21, 2020
Friday Facts: February 21, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.” – Thomas Jefferson “I would rather a dollar be in your pocket […]
February 14, 2020
Friday Facts: February 14, 2020
It’s Friday! Events Mark your calendars: March 18: “Brexit: The Good, the Bad and the Messy,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon focusing on the United Kingdom at the end of […]
February 7, 2020
Friday Facts: February 7, 2020
It’s Friday! For the third consecutive year, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has been named one of the world’s “Best Independent Think Tanks!” In a survey released last week, the […]
January 31, 2020
Friday Facts: January 31, 2020
It’s Friday! About 300 friends and supporters joined us Tuesday night at the Fabulous Fox in Atlanta for the Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner. The keynote speaker […]
January 24, 2020
Friday Facts: January 24, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “When I was studying economics in college in the 1970s, the professors and the textbooks instructed us that an unemployment rate of about 4% was […]
January 17, 2020
Friday Facts: January 17, 2020
It’s Friday! January 28: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner is almost here! The deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday, January 22. Join the […]
January 17, 2020 • Commentary
Don’t Stand in the Way of Georgia Families’ Education Options
National School Choice Week takes place the week of January 26 and, according to the National School Choice Week alliance, a record-breaking 1,950 events and ac
January 10, 2020
Friday Facts: January 10, 2020
It’s Friday! January 28: We’re just 18 days away from the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner on January 28! Join us in the Egyptian […]
January 3, 2020
Friday Facts: January 3, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson “Be at war with your vices, at peace […]
September 13, 2019
2019 Legislative Policy Forum Aims to Mobilize Georgia
By Benita M. Dodd Since 2010, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has invited some of the nation’s brightest and best experts to Atlanta to share forward-thinking proposals on ways for […]
July 26, 2019
From an Unlikely Source, Market-based Transit Policies
Public transportation is a highly debated topic in Georgia. Central to this debate is the allocation of federal funding through grants and tax revenues. By Jared Cooper Public transportation is […]
July 12, 2019
The Broken Record of ‘Record’ Highs
Amid fears of global warming and extreme temperatures, tropical storms, air pollution and so on, data suggest record high temperatures are nothing new. By Harold Brown The dog days of […]
June 28, 2019
New Rules Expand Individuals’ Healthcare Options
Almost two years have passed since Republican efforts to reform the U.S. health insurance market were pronounced dead. Perhaps they were merely on life support. By Kyle Wingfield Almost two […]
June 14, 2019
Georgia Puts the ‘Commission’ in Tax Commissioners’ Pockets
Why do we allow county tax commissioners to line their pockets using county resources? And why does the Georgia General Assembly continue to allow individuals to profit at the expense […]
May 31, 2019
Federalism Provides Unique Opportunity to Put Georgians First
Federalism seeks to separate and reduce state and federal government roles, but even with efforts to reduce red tape, the government is far larger than ever. By Benita M. Dodd […]
May 28, 2019
Foundation Releases Study on Healthcare Waivers for Georgia
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation supports the use of a Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2019 Contact: Benita […]
May 24, 2019
Managed Lanes, The Untolled Story
Since the opening of the reversible express toll lanes on I-75 and I-575, enough commuters are choosing to pay the tolls that it’s making an enormous difference to traffic flow […]
May 3, 2019
Still Asking for Whom Georgia’s Roads are Tolled?
By Benita M. Dodd The toll lanes are coming! The toll lanes are coming! Despite a lengthy history of tolling in Georgia, many current residents appear intimidated or uninformed about […]
April 26, 2019
Fighting Fire with Fire
Last fall, headlines blared the deadly conflagration in the West that scorched hundreds of thousands of acres and tens of thousands of homes. And, of course, many blamed climate change […]
April 19, 2019
Climate Change Agreements: Solutions in Search of a Problem
Earth Day arrives again on April 22, and along with it the also-predictable heated rhetoric by climate change alarmists who bolster their claims with articles and opinions and state, “Facts […]
April 12, 2019
Georgia Needs an Earnest Effort at Tax Reform
Nearly a decade ago, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue created the Georgia Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness, “to examine the tax code of Georgia, review it for fairness, and […]
April 5, 2019
Legislature 2019 a Promising Start to Georgia’s Biennial Session
By Kyle Wingfield The 2019 legislative session started as something of a blank slate: a new governor, new lieutenant governor and lots of fresh faces in both the House and […]
March 29, 2019 • Commentary
The Truth About Education Scholarship Accounts
Educational scholarship accounts provide parents who remove their children from public schools with money that can be used for a variety of education expenses.
March 29, 2019
ESA Trailblazer Arizona Paves Way, Provides Lessons for States
K-12 education has been slowly evolving to become more diverse, pluralistic and dynamic. Education scholarship accounts (ESAs, also known as education savings accounts) represent the next step for Georgia to […]
March 22, 2019
Gwinnett Has Time to Do Transit Right
Transit expansion advocates in Gwinnett County blame timing and the special election date for the failure of the transit referendum, but vow to continue their efforts until transit expansion is […]
March 15, 2019
Gwinnett Transit Vote a Mixed Bag
Before Gwinnett County voters even decide whether their transit plan leaves the station, it will cost taxpayers almost $770,000. That’s the cost of holding the election on March 19 instead […]
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