Topic: Georgia Public Policy Foundation

February 25, 2011

Friday Facts: February 25th, 2011

It’s Friday! Events – March 1: Join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Concord Coalition for the Fiscal Solutions Tour at 5 p.m. on March 1 at Kennesaw State University. The Fiscal Solutions […]


February 18, 2011

Friday Facts: February 18th, 2011

It’s Friday! Events – March 1: Join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Concord Coalition for the Fiscal Solutions Tour at 5 p.m. on March 1 at Kennesaw State University. The […]


February 11, 2011

Friday Facts: February 11th, 2011

It’s Friday! Join our Forum! – If you like the Friday Facts, you’ll love the Foundation’s interactive online community, The Forum. This week, editor Mike Klein wrote on The Forum that the state unemployment […]


February 4, 2011

Friday Facts: February 4th, 2011

It’s Friday! Join our Forum! – If you like the Friday Facts, you’ll love The Forum. This interactive community is a series of issue-oriented blogs where you can find breaking stories and […]

February 4, 2011

Home Remedies for What Ails Health Care

By Benita M. Dodd In a week in which the crafters of the new federal health care law probably needed trauma care, two of Georgia’s best known physicians were attending […]



January 30, 2011

AJC: State could become a national model

As printed in Sunday's AJC: Atlanta Forward / Another View: State could become a national model By Kelly McCutchen Some may quibble with details, and adjustments will certainly be made, but […]

January 28, 2011

Friday Facts: January 28th, 2011

It’s Friday!  – What can you do to help the Foundation celebrate its 20th birthday in 2011? E-mail  to share how you can highlight the Foundation’s “20 For 20,” campaign. Will you recommend […]

January 28, 2011

Georgia Needs a Lone Star State of Mind

Georgia Needs a Lone Star State of Mind  By Kelly McCutchen Jobs, jobs, jobs. That's the mantra from nearly every elected official these days, from President Obama to Governor Deal. […]

January 21, 2011

Friday Facts: January 21st, 2011

It’s Friday! Join our Forum! – If you like the Friday Facts, you’ll love the Forum. This interactive community is a series of issue-oriented blogs where you can find breaking […]


January 14, 2011

Tax Reform Council Delivers a Promising Package

By E. Frank Stephenson When Georgia’s Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness released its recommendations on January 7, headline writers trumpeted the council’s proposal to eliminate the sales tax […]

January 7, 2011

Friday Facts: January 7th, 2011

  It’s Friday!   What’s happening at the Foundation – Join U.S. Rep. Tom Price of Georgia and Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute at a Foundation Policy Briefing Luncheon on […]

January 7, 2011

Eight Affordable Ideas for Georgia

By Kelly McCutchen The General Assembly gathers in Atlanta next week facing a deficit of well over $1 billion. Across-the-board budget cuts are no longer sufficient to bridge the budget gap. […]

December 31, 2010

Friday Facts: December 31st, 2010

   It’s Friday!   – Today is your last chance to support the Foundation and earn a 2010 tax deduction for yourself. Every dollar you invest today will be quickly put […]

December 24, 2010

Friday Facts: December 24th, 2010

  It’s Friday!   – The Georgia Public Policy Foundation does not accept government funds. We rely completely on the support of Georgians like you who recognize the value of innovative […]

December 17, 2010

Right on Crime Sees Georgia as Ready for Reform

Atlanta – Right on Crime, a nationwide criminal justice reform initiative, today launched a state-based effort in Georgia to educate policy-makers about the commonsense corrections system reforms that have safely […]

December 17, 2010

Friday Facts: December 17th, 2010

  It’s Friday!   What’s happening at the Foundation – This week, the Foundation joined national leaders and several state-based think tanks in announcing the Right on Crime initiative. The initiative proposes six principles to […]

December 17, 2010

Reform lacking in Feds’ Medicaid Vision

By Nina Owcharenko Recent coverage of the proposals offered by President Obama’s debt commission managed to gloss over a huge issue that is adding to the nation’s deficit – Medicaid. The impact […]

December 10, 2010

Friday Facts: December 10th, 2010

  It’s Friday!   Quotable – “I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good […]



November 26, 2010

Move to Accountable Budgeting in Georgia

By E. Frank Stephenson Georgia’s incoming General Assembly faces a projected budget shortfall of more than $1 billion for Fiscal Year 2012. This is a daunting challenge, and after several […]

November 19, 2010

Friday Facts: November 19th, 2010

It’s Friday!  Quotable – “The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but by a compact […]

November 19, 2010

Friday Facts: November 19th, 2010

It’s Friday!   Quotable – “[Legislators] like to control money and we like to control where children go [to school]. I think we need to break that mold. Whether it’s […]

November 19, 2010

New Deal for Georgia Criminal Justice

By Marc A. Levin Georgia’s Governor-elect Nathan Deal has earned his stripes as a tough-as-nails prosecutor who rightly noted on the campaign trail that he put many rapists in prison […]
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