It’s Friday! Honors: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation was honored with a Senate Resolution Tuesday to mark 25 years of serving Georgia with ideas for limited-government, free-market solutions and promoting […]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted Foundation President Kelly McCutchen in the February 26 edition in an article about a tax cut proposal in the Legislature. The article is reprinted below; read […]
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 […]
News | For Immediate Release February 23, 2016 For more information, contact: Benita Dodd, Georgia Public Policy Foundation or 404-256-4050 Senate Resolution Honors Foundation for 25 Years of Service […]
Telemedicine, Healthcare.gov and the danger of “we’ve always done it this way.” Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd I shared a recollection on Facebook recently that […]
It’s Friday! Then and Now My, how we’ve grown: In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, the Governor’s Commission on Effectiveness and Economy in Government released […]
It’s Friday! Then and Now My, how we’ve grown: In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, the state’s population was under 6.5 million; today, it’s more […]
By Benita M. Dodd A Georgia Senate committee heard this week from proponents and foes of a sales tax increase to fund public transportation projects including an 11.9-mile MARTA heavy […]
For one MARTA heavy-rail expansion we could provide 20 high quality bus rapid transit expansions. The Georgia Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee, chaired by Sen. John Albers, held […]
Scafidi says treating charter schools and traditional government schools equally under the law helps everyone. Kenneth Artz of the Heartland Institute interviewed Foundation Senior Fellow Ben Scafidi on the Georgia […]
What’s happened to change commute patterns of Millennials? Proponents of MARTA rail expansion have cited Millennials’ travel patterns as justification. But in an article published February 3, 2016 by the […]
As the General Assembly debates the merits of direct care arrangements, here are some resources for those who want more information on this subject: Direct Primary Care (DPC) Puts Patients […]
MARTA rail expansion, education and money and welfare work requirements. It’s Friday! A REMINDER: Friday Facts made possible by the generosity of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s donors. Enjoy them? […]
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 […]
The Marietta Daily Journal quotes Foundation President Kelly McCutchen in a January 31 article about the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast celebrating National School Choice Week. The text is below; access the […]
It’s Friday! Then and Now Did you know? In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, there were 7.5 million cellphone users across the nation. One year […]
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 […]
” … putting more buses in managed lanes would be far more cost-effective.” A January 22, 2016 article by Dave Williams in The Atlanta Business Chronicle quotes Foundation Vice President […]
Uber for health care, celebrity deaths, palliative care and health care numbers. Health Care News and Views Compiled by Benita Dodd Happy New Year! The Legislature’s back in session; the […]
It’s Friday! Then and Now Did you know? In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, according to one advertisement (May 1991), a business-class 386/33 personal computer with […]
A number of reforms that would improve the estimates of the costs and benefits of transportation projects. By Robert Krol Each year, state and local governments decide on which transportation […]
It’s Friday! Then and Now Did you know? In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, Gov. Zell Miller led the Legislature to approve a lottery for […]
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, […]
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 […]
EPA must learn resistance isn’t futile. ZPolitics’ inaugural issue of Capitol Faces contained an article by Benita Dodd, vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The article is published […]
It’s Friday! Happy New Year! The Foundation celebrates 25 years in Georgia in 2016. All year, we’ll mark this milestone anniversary with a “Then and Now” Friday Facts category! Then […]
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 […]
“Let’s view this as a lesson.” The New York Times quoted Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd in a January 1, 2016, article by Alan Blinder about the Atlanta Streetcar System. The full […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “To the Founders, free speech was indispensable. How could the people choose among candidates or public policies if debate were not free? As Benjamin Franklin […]
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 […]
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