Topic: Georgia Public Policy Foundation

September 4, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 4, 2026

Labor Day is the one holiday built entirely around work. Americans decided a long time ago that showing up and doing a job deserves recognition.

August 28, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 28, 2026

In case you've wondered why Georgia's flags are at half-staff, they're in honor of Dolly Parton.

August 21, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 21, 2026

When the federal Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” passed, it offered a much higher federal-state match if states expanded Medicaid welfare prog

August 14, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 14, 2026

Data centers have become one of Georgia’s most contested land-use questions, and much of the fight has centered on water. The American Enterprise Institute’s Daniel Lyons argues that focus is […]

August 7, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 7, 2026

Most people are probably aware that where they receive their healthcare affects the price. For example, treatment in an emergency room costs more than in a primary care physician’s office, […]

July 31, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 31, 2026

July 31 marks 114 years since the birth of Milton Friedman, the University of Chicago economist whose ideas reshaped monetary policy, helped end the military draft and earned him the […]

July 24, 2026 • Friday Facts

Restrictive licensing practices and regulatory barriers frequently prevent qualified and trained workers from participating in the workforce. This is true in Georgia as elsewhere, but a few bills passed in […]

July 17, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 17, 2026

In recent years, it’s fair to say that Congress only acts once an issue has become truly urgent. But recent years have strained even historical levels of inaction. According to […]

July 10, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 10, 2026

Few line items in a household budget feel as immovable—or as frustrating—as the monthly insurance premium. For years, Georgians watched those bills climb, driven in no small part by a […]

June 26, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: June 26, 2026

In the ongoing debate over why homeownership remains out of reach for so many Georgia families, we have the usual explanations: higher interest rates, institutional investors buying up homes, global […]

June 25, 2026 • Commentary

The $132,000 Question Georgia Homebuyers Are Paying to Answer

By Chris Denson

An updated study from the National Association of Home Builders puts a new dollar figure on the cost of government regulations nationwide.

June 24, 2026

Estimating the Economic Effects of Opportunity Zones in Georgia

We partnered with Keystone Strategy to review the academic literature related to place-based incentives and the data for Georgia's current Opportunity Zones.

June 19, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: June 19, 2026

It’s just good manners to clean up when company’s coming. The 23rd FIFA World Cup is an interesting backdrop for the United States’ 250th birthday. Soccer fans from around the […]

June 14, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: June 12, 2026

Imagine handing your landlord $300,000, living in his house for two years without ever making a rent payment, and then getting the full $300,000 back when you move out. Did […]

June 5, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: June 5, 2026

School choice is one of the great policy success stories of the past decade. Across the country, lawmakers are launching new programs, states are lifting enrollment caps, and families are […]

May 29, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 29, 2026

For more than a century, races for the Supreme Court of Georgia barely registered with voters. Incumbents rarely faced challengers, and they almost never lost—you have to go back to […]

May 22, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 22, 2026

The recent Netflix miniseries Death by Lightning gave viewers a glimpse of the relatively untold story of James A. Garfield, the nation’s 20th president. His presidency, which spanned just six months in […]

May 15, 2026 • Legislative Update

New law streamlines Georgia’s permitting process

This week, Governor Brian Kemp signed legislation that will streamline Georgia’s building permit process.

May 14, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 15, 2026

While the early hours of April 3 marked the official adjournment of the 2026 legislative session, its true coda took place this week. On the governor’s final day to sign […]

May 13, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 8, 2026

Every year, thousands of Georgia parents fill out lottery applications for schools their children may never get to attend. Not because they can’t afford it, but because thousands of other […]

May 7, 2026 • Commentary

Many People Don’t Know What a Charter School Is.

By Athan Clark

Charter School Week Is a Good Time to Change That.

May 1, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 1, 2026

It seems every year adds a bit of national political rancor to our more agreeable state. The Georgia General Assembly in particular has remained both more civil and—no coincidence—more productive […]

April 30, 2026 • Commentary

Don’t Bring D.C. Math to Georgia

By Kyle Wingfield

Georgia’s tax debates deserve better than Washington-style claims that smaller increases amount to cuts.

April 24, 2026 • Friday Facts

March 28, 2026 • Legislative Update