November 12, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 12, 2021
In 2010, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation held its first legislative policy forum.
Topic: Georgia
November 11, 2021 • Commentary
Window of Opportunity for Tax Reform in Georgia
Lowering and flattening Georgia’s personal income tax rate could create tens of thousands of jobs within five years, according to a new analysis conducted for t
November 5, 2021 • Commentary
Propane Prices Hit the Gas, the Wallets
Propane is an odorless by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, but soaring prices for the fuel are set to cause a big stink.
November 5, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 05, 2021
Noel Khalil, founder and CEO of Columbia Residential and Columbia Ventures, died October 25 after a long illness.
November 4, 2021 • Blog
Tiny Houses, Big Hurdles
Most communities in Georgia are dealing with a common problem: housing affordability.
November 4, 2021 • Blog
Short-Term Rental Regulation: Public Protection or Party Poopers?
Short-term rentals are exploding in popularity, and increasingly on the radar of regulators.
October 29, 2021 • Commentary
Returns Aside, Pension Risks Remain in Georgia
Georgia's largest public pension plans have seen a year of exceptional growth, a stark contrast to last year.
October 29, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 29, 2021
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation modeled its annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on the policy briefings of our sister think tank, the Texas Public Poli
October 22, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 22, 2021
Since its earliest days, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has stood for limited government, personal responsibility and individual initiative.
October 15, 2021 • Foundation News
2021 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, Rx for What Ails the State
The past year has been a public policy whirlwind, with COVID-19 affecting where we work and how our children get an education, a winter deep freeze in the Deep
October 14, 2021 • Blog
Georgia is Changing, for Better or for Worse?
Butch Miller got in trouble this past week for saying what a lot of Georgians believe.
October 8, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 8, 2021
A public service that made its debut in 1996 thanks to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was the innovative Report Card on Georgia’s public schools, highligh
October 1, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 1, 2021
In 2006, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation published a transportation study: “Reducing Congestion in Atlanta: A Bold New Approach to Increasing Mobility.”
October 1, 2021 • Commentary
Charter Schools Prove their Value to Georgia Families
Demand for families seeking additional public school options continues to grow. Local school districts must embrace charter schools.
September 30, 2021 • Blog
Pandemic’s New Options Should Include Education
Education options are one pandemic change that should be here to stay.
September 27, 2021 • Foundation News
Kyle Wingfield’s Remarks at Georgia Policy’s 30th Anniversary Celebration
What follows is an excerpt from President Kyle Wingfield's remarks at the opening of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation's 30th Anniversary Dinner on September
September 17, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 17, 2021
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation marked 30 years of “Changing Georgia Policy, Changing Georgians’ Lives” with a dinner celebration Thursday night at the Geo
September 10, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 10, 2021
A sign painted on the hillside campus of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School along U.S. 23 in Rabun County is one of many across Georgia and around the nation to commem
September 10, 2021 • Commentary
Universal Recognition, A License to Work
The phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” is a favorite of those with environmental concerns about the amount of trash generated by people and businesses.
September 3, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 03, 2021
In less than two weeks, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary with a September 16 event at the Georgia Aquarium.
August 27, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 27, 2021
The mayor of Orlando has asked city residents to conserve water to help preserve liquid oxygen for medical use for covid patients, according to NBC News. Liquid
August 25, 2021 • Foundation News
Major Problems with Georgia Milestones
I’m talking about the Georgia Milestones exams given last spring, the state’s year-end standardized tests. Georgia students – or at least the ones who took the
August 20, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 20, 2021
One of the founding principles of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation is to limit the role of government in the lives of Georgians.
August 19, 2021 • Foundation News
Examining Policy Responses to the Pandemic
Covid infections are back on the rise. Georgia’s seven-day moving average of cases as of last Friday was 17 times higher than in late June, when it hit the lowe
August 19, 2021 • Commentary
Study Highlights Wisdom of Georgia’s Measured COVID Response
With the resurgence in COVID-19 cases because of the contagious “delta” variant, some states may be mulling reintroducing restrictions.
August 18, 2021 • Foundation News
Private School – More Affordable Than You Think?
A perennial argument against programs to expand educational options is that students wouldn’t receive enough to pay for private-school tuition.
August 13, 2021 • Commentary
Three Policies to Ease Georgia’s Healthcare Staffing Crisis
COVID-19 has infected more than 114 million people in the United States since the pandemic began 18 months ago and, according to news reports, that number is ex
August 6, 2021 • Commentary
Georgia Gains by Playing in a Regulatory ‘Sandbox’
With technology and innovation at the heart of American Greatness, it should come as little surprise that in a recent report of the 50 most innovative companies
August 5, 2021 • Blog
Back to School Should Mean Options for Parents
School is restarting across Georgia, but the new year isn’t beginning the way many parents were hoping.
July 30, 2021 • Commentary
30 Years of Changing Georgia Policy, Changing Georgians’ Lives
On September 16, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates 30 years of “Changing Georgia Policy, Changing Georgians’ Lives.”
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