Topic: Georgia

November 13, 2015

A Success Story in Helping Lower-income Workers

By Kelly McCutchen With the media focused on partisan gridlock in Washington, it’s easy to overlook major success stories in bringing bipartisan public policy and innovative business partnerships together to […]


November 6, 2015

Friday Facts: November 6, 2015

It’s Friday!  Giving Tuesday is December 1. Follow daily on our Facebook page as we count down the reasons you should not contribute to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation!  Quotes […]

November 6, 2015

Innovation is the True Health Care Solution

It’s not Medicaid expansion that will solve Georgia’s health care challenges. By Josh Daniels Political support for Medicaid expansion in Georgia is on life support and the prognosis may be […]

November 5, 2015

Heartland’s Broadband Article Quotes Foundation’s President

Heartland Institute interviews Kelly McCutchen on Peachtree City’s taxpayer-funded broadband. Georgia Public Policy Foundation President Kelly McCutchen was interviewed for a November 2, 2015, Heartland Institute article by Tony Corvo […]

October 30, 2015

Friday Facts: October 30, 2015

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress […]

October 30, 2015

Opportunity’s Knocking Hard at Georgia’s Door

Economic opportunity still lags the nation in Georgia. By Benita M. Dodd Six years after the economic downturn, the job market for able-bodied adults in Georgia remains one of the worst […]

October 23, 2015

Friday Facts: October 23, 2015

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Think tanks stand outside election cycles and alongside people who see politics as a means to ratify sound policy and don’t see policy rhetoric as […]

October 23, 2015

Municipal Broadband Puts Taxpayers’ Wallets at Risk

For centuries, too-good-to-be-true deals have snagged investors with promises that they can ignore past failures because “this time it will be different.” Peachtree City’s leaders appear to have been told […]

October 20, 2015

December 8 Event: ‘The Case for K-12 Student-Based Budgeting in Georgia’

EVENT INVITATION October 20, 2015 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or The Case for K-12 Student-Based Budgeting in Georgia Atlanta – The recommendations from the funding committee of Georgia Governor […]

October 16, 2015

Friday Facts: October 16, 2015

It’s Friday! Events December 8: Register to attend, “The Case for K-12 Student-Based Budgeting in Georgia,” a summit and luncheon hosted featuring experts from the Reason Foundation and Allovue.10:30-1:30 p.m. […]


October 9, 2015

Friday Facts: October 9, 2015

It’s Friday! Events Today’s the deadline! Register today to attend the nonpartisan Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. Join us Thursday, October 15 as legislators […]

October 2, 2015

Friday Facts: October 2, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: Health Care! Education! Work! In less than two weeks, the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum takes place at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. Join us […]

September 25, 2015

Friday Facts: September 25, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: Just 19 days left to register for the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly on Thursday, October 15! Join legislators, […]

September 18, 2015

Friday Facts: September 18, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: The countdown has begun to the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly on Thursday, October 15. In less than a […]

September 18, 2015

Stifling Debate: Transparency vs. Privacy

The more controversial the issue, the more important it is to protect privacy. By Kelly McCutchen  Would you respond honestly at a public meeting in your community if the speaker […]


September 11, 2015

Friday Facts: September 11, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: The Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum takes place at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly on Thursday, Oct. 15. Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise […]


September 4, 2015

The Rule of Law and Its Equitable Application

Wanted: strong individual citizen involvement to hold government accountable. By Brad Raffensperger America is at a crossroads. In fact, it is at the midpoint of the teeter-totter. Perhaps it has […]

September 2, 2015

Checking Up On Health: September 1, 2015

Some #Firstworldproblems and a #Thirdworldcrisis. Health Care News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd It may be a generational thing, but for those of us who walked to school in […]

August 28, 2015

Friday Facts: August 27, 2015

It’s Friday! Events September 16: Health Connect South 2015 takes place at the Georgia Aquarium. This amazing daylong program highlights health collaborations and innovations throughout the Southeast, with a special […]

August 27, 2015

Survey Finds One-Third of Ga. School Districts Contract Out Services

Contracting out non-education services can save money at schools. <img height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=”” style=”display:none” src=”https://www.facebook.com/tr?ev=6030221446672&amp;cd[value]=0.00&amp;cd[currency]=USD&amp;noscript=1″ />By Michael LaFaive and Kelly McCutchen More than a third of all conventional pubic school […]


August 25, 2015

Policy Forum Early Bird Registration Ends Sept. 4!

Be sure to sign up to attend the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum Oct. 15! GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION INVITATION August 25, 2015 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or […]

August 25, 2015

Checking Up On Health: August 25, 2015

Guess which medical group spends the most lobbying Congress and the feds. Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The amount of conflicting nutrition data out there […]

August 21, 2015

Friday Facts: August 21, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: Early Bird Rate applies until September 4 for the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum. Joining the list of experts: Logan Pike, co-author of the […]

August 21, 2015

What Happened to The ‘Public’ in Public Schools?

A Georgia charter school student can’t join the AFJROTC. By Benita M. Dodd Ashley-Kay Wyatt was a freshman at Brantley County High School in southeastern Georgia when boys happened. Unimpressed […]

August 14, 2015

Friday Facts: August 14, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: Just added to the list of experts at the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum: Nevada Sen. Scott Hammond, sponsor of that state’s Education Savings […]
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