March 5, 2026 • Commentary
Why is Georgia Unnecessarily Restricting Access to Cancer Care?
Georgia’s outdated certificate-of-need laws allow hospitals to block competition—even for cancer treatment.
Topic: Georgia State Senate
January 1, 2026 • Commentary
How Can We Cap Property Taxes in Georgia?
Rising property taxes in Georgia continue to dominate kitchen table conversations around the state.
November 28, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 28, 2025
This Thanksgiving, we once again pause for a moment to give thanks for our many blessings.
October 2, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia’s growing doctor shortage demands new solutions
Georgia’s doctor shortage is large, and growing larger. Facing that fact is crucial if policymakers are to address the problem.
April 4, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 4, 2025
No matter which issues dominate the headlines during a legislative session, tax policy remains a hardy perennial.
March 28, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 28, 2025
The General Assembly passed major legislation aimed at curbing lawsuit abuse.
March 21, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 21, 2025
Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed legal reforms target a growing but little-known issue: third-party litigation funding.
January 31, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 31, 2025
This year marks the 15th anniversary of National School Choice Week and an important moment in the history of the school choice movement.
July 19, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 19, 2024
Besides the festivities and formalities that happen at conventions, delegates at national conventions also get a chance to adopt a party platform.
June 28, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 28, 2024
This week, the Georgia Senate’s Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence convened to discuss the future of AI in Georgia.
May 31, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 31, 2024
New effort to look into occupational licensing in Georgia underway.
May 24, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 24, 2024
This weekend, we pause to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in defending our great nation.
January 5, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 5, 2024
What issues will lawmakers want to tackle in an election year?
December 15, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 15, 2023
When it comes to analyzing the available data on student outcomes for college and career academies, we found two main obstacles. What are they?
December 14, 2023 • Commentary
Clarity in the need to repeal Certificate of Need laws
The Senate directive is short and sweet: “the Study Committee recommends that Georgia’s CON laws should be repealed in their entirety.”
December 1, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 1, 2023
When deciding what people value when deciding where to live, work and raise a family, people and businesses tend to favor states with low taxes.
June 14, 2023 • Blog
Senate holds first Certificate of Need study committee meeting
This week, the Georgia Senate held its first meeting for the study committee on Certificate of Need reform.
June 9, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 9, 2023
Atlanta's taxis are struggling. So what did they do? Asked the City Council to raise the rates they charge customers.
May 26, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 26, 2023
This weekend, we take a moment to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defending our nation.
April 6, 2023
Government Regulation in the Price of Multifamily Housing: Georgia
The research for Georgia finds that an average of 23.4 percent of the cost of multifamily housing can be attributed to federal, state and local regulation.
March 8, 2023 • Blog
Georgia lawmakers looking to reduce barriers to work
Both the House and Senate have advanced measures to reform occupational regulations in Georgia.
April 1, 2022 • Commentary
The Myth of Underfunding
Opponents of Promise Scholarships and similar programs perpetuate the myth that they are a tool to defund public school education.
January 14, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 14, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Just because you do not take an interest in politics, does not mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” – Pericles “The Bill of […]
March 19, 2021 • Commentary
Sunshine Week, a Vital Disinfectant in Pandemic and Always
“If the broad light of day could be let in upon men’s actions, it would purify them as the sun disinfects," wrote Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.
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 […]
May 30, 2019 • Press Release
2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum Speaker Biographies
Judge Steven C. Teske, Morning Keynote Speaker Judge Steven C. Teske is the Chief Judge of the Juvenile Court of the Clayton Judicial Circuit. He was appointed juvenile court judge […]
February 20, 2019
Foundation President Kyle Wingfield Testifies on Waivers at Senate Health Committee Hearing
Kyle Wingfield, president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, accepted an invitation to testify before the Georgia Senate Health and Human Services Committee on February 19, 2019, regarding health-care waivers […]
June 22, 2018
Friday Facts: June 22, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “These days, the individual market is like a game of musical chairs, where no plan wants to be the last one standing – with the […]
March 16, 2018
Friday Facts: March 16, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “A market that’s driven by subsidies rather than by economics always fails. Subsidy begets subsidy until the system collapses into absurdity. In Australia’s case, having […]
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