It’s Friday! September 7: The 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum is a daylong conference at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel on Friday, September 7, featuring an exciting lineup of experts […]
When Site Selection magazine interviewed Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal after the state’s fifth consecutive annual win as Top Business Climate in 2017, a major topic was workforce qualification. “Our graduation […]
It’s Friday! September 7: The 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum is a daylong conference at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel on Friday, September 7, featuring an exciting lineup of experts […]
Policy experts take on education, health care, criminal justice and pensions. By Benita M. Dodd Four issues; four times as many experts. In a nutshell, that’s the 2018 Georgia Legislative […]
It’s Friday! September 7: Early Bird registration ends SUNDAY for the 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum! Register now for this daylong event on Friday, September 7, at the Renaissance Atlanta […]
Economic indicators are not consistently favorable to the South, but the net movement of Americans southward for a half-century is indicative of a land of opportunity. By Harold Brown In […]
It’s Friday! Subscribe to the Friday Facts here. Support the Foundation and its mission here. Events August 23: “Policy Over Politics,” with keynote speaker Kyle Wingfield, is a Foundation Leadership […]
It’s Friday! Subscribe to the Friday Facts here. Support the Foundation and its mission here. Events August 23: Join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation on Thursday, August 23, at the […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.” – Herbert Hoover “Well done is better than well said.” – […]
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s Bus Rapid Transit plan for SR 400 is a breath of fresh air amid stale and misguided transit proposals for the metro Atlanta region. By Benita […]
The State Policy Network interviewed Kyle Wingfield, who became the president and CEO of The Georgia Public Policy Foundation in April 2018. The State Policy Network interviewed Kyle Wingfield, who […]
It’s Friday! Be sure to read the Leader Spotlight on Kyle Wingfield, published by the State Policy Network! Quotes of note “Judges, therefore, should be always men of learning and […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “We should never despair, our situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties […]
By Jeffrey Dorfman A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month means even companies without a physical presence in a state can be required to collect sales taxes if states so […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Trade unions up to a certain point have been recognized now as organs for good. They are the only means by which workmen can protect […]
By Sophia Strickland A summary of Georgia laws taking effect July 1, 2018: TRANSPORTATION Hands-Free Georgia Act: Motorists will be prohibited from talking on cell phones without using a speaker […]
News Release | For Immediate Release June 27, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd (404-256-4050) Foundation ‘Disappointed’ in Supreme Court Ruling on Water Dispute Atlanta – Kyle Wingfield, president of the Georgia […]
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 […]
Bus Rapid Transit is a flexible step in the right direction. $100 million in General Obligation bonds for BRT infrastructure will be contribute to the SR 400 Express Lanes project. […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The road to democracy is not a freeway. It is a toll road on which we pay by accepting and carrying out our civic responsibilities.” […]
If this is a scheme to sink public education, then, it’s a lousy one. By Kyle Wingfield A summertime surprise is roiling the Georgia GOP’s gubernatorial primary. A defeated candidate […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Paying people to make it easy not to work – and thus languish for a lifetime in poverty – is not compassionate. It’s destructive of […]
By Benita M. Dodd Eighty percent of Georgia’s students graduate from high school. What happens to the one in five who don’t? Michael Boggs, now a Georgia Supreme Court Justice, […]
A summary of the misdemeanor bail reform findings and recommendations from the February 2018 Report of the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform (pages 25-39). By Sophia Strickland The Georgia […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “People who believe themselves above something, or entitled to something more because of past achievements, will find that new opportunities slip away.” – Tyler Bonin, […]
It’s Friday! MONDAY IS THE DEADLINE: Seats are filling fast; register NOW to reserve your spot at “Telling the Human Story,” the May 23 Leadership Breakfast keynoted by Arthur Brooks, […]
The American Lung Association emphasizes the bad news and mentions the good. Its State of the Air 2018 report (using 2014-2016 data) claims that “ozone pollution worsened significantly.” It is […]
It’s Friday! May 23: Register by May 21 for “Telling the Human Story,” a Leadership Breakfast keynoted by Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute. This 8 a.m. event […]
