January 10, 2014
Friday Facts: January 10, 2014
January 10, 2013 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people […]
Topic: Georgia
January 7, 2014
Celebrate Georgia School Choice Jan. 28
GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION EVENT | January 7, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Celebrate School Choice Week with Georgia’s Top Education Experts Atlanta – Join the Georgia […]
January 6, 2014
Ten Obamacare Predictions for 2014
To kick off 2014, Kathleen Sebelius is reportedly papering the country with op-eds about the wonders of the “Affordable” Care Act. But her PR campaign aside, things will continue to […]
January 3, 2014
Friday Facts: January 3, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier.’” – Alfred Lord Tennyson “Sometimes we are content to try […]
December 27, 2013
Friday Facts: December 27, 2013
It’s Friday! It’s nearing year’s end, and we’d like to remind you: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Friday Facts, our most popular product, exist thanks to your support […]
December 20, 2013
Friday Facts: December 20, 2013
It’s Friday! It’s nearing year’s end, and we’d like to remind you: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Friday Facts, our most popular product, exist thanks to your support […]
December 20, 2013
School Choice: Study Shows It’s About More Than Scores
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice recently released an eye-opening analysis of why and how parents choose private schools. By Benita M. Dodd The Friedman Foundation […]
December 20, 2013
Framework Established for 2014 Criminal Justice Reform
Georgia would “Ban the Box” and take a deeper dive into return-to-prison recidivism rates under two preliminary recommendations approved this week by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform. By […]
December 18, 2013
Georgia Medicaid Expansion – Woodwork Effect
Even if Georgia decides not to expand Medicaid eligibility, the state could be facing a $385 million annual increase in Medicaid costs. This comes on the heels of the provider fee […]
December 17, 2013
Georgia 8th in Latest Economic Freedom Report
Georgia ranked 12th overall and 8th in the United States in the the ninth annual Economic Freedom of North America report. The study examines key indicators of economic freedom based on the […]
December 17, 2013
Should Georgia “Ban the Box” to “Enhance the Chance”?
The Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform will vote Wednesday morning on prisoner reentry recommendations that could be included in its final report to Governor Nathan Deal. Could or should […]
December 17, 2013
Georgia Medicaid Expansion – 409,000 vs 650,000
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation points out that 409,350 Georgians will fall into the “coverage gap” if the state refuses to expand Medicaid (Table 2 in the […]
December 17, 2013
Georgia Pension Funding Improving
If Santa looks at states when making a list of who’s naughty or nice, he will find seven who most improved the condition of their pension funds since 2009, when the […]
December 13, 2013
Friday Facts: December 13, 2013
It’s Friday! It’s nearing year’s end, and we’d like to remind you: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Friday Facts, our most popular product, exist thanks to your support […]
December 10, 2013
Tearing Down Invisible Prison Walls Created by Poverty
Prisons do not need walls. High unemployment, low education, blight, depression, desperation and deprivation can become easy substitutes for bricks and mortar. Simply because someone completes time inside prison walls […]
December 6, 2013 • Press Release
January 28 Event Focuses on ‘School Choice and Georgia: An Update’
Join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and education experts Eric Wearne, Jim Kelly and Ben Scafidi at Cobb County’s Georgian Club for an 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast and panel discussion […]
December 6, 2013
Government Role in Long-Term Care: It’s Getting Old
The single biggest expense senior citizens face is long-term care. By Stephen A. Moses The single biggest expense senior citizens face is long-term care. The risks and cost are huge: […]
December 3, 2013
Foundation Releases Study on Long-Term Care in Georgia
A new study finds that Georgia faces multi-faceted long-term care problems. GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release December 3, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or […]
November 26, 2013
Checking Up On Health: November 26, 2013
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Welcome to the Thanksgiving holiday edition of Checking Up On Health, my unsuccessful attempt to make you feel especially guilty for […]
November 25, 2013
South Forsyth War Eagles Look to Incubate Hybrid Learning
Much research has been done over the past few years on the idea of “blended” or “hybrid” learning. Students in these models attend class part of the time, and learn […]
November 25, 2013
Atlanta Business Chronicle Highlights Work on Tax Reform
An article in The Atlanta Business Chronicle edition of November 22-28, 2013, cites the Foundation’s work on tax reform in 2013. An article in The Atlanta Business Chronicle edition of […]
November 15, 2013
Friday Facts: November 15, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue […]
November 14, 2013
Never a Better Time to Transform Georgia Child Welfare
Rick Jackson spent six years in foster care, shuttled through several families, eight elementary and five high schools. None of that deterred Jackson whose Georgia-based company is a leading provider […]
November 13, 2013
Parents Want MORE THAN SCORES in Private School Choice
The popular conception is everyone cares about test scores. This must be true because media is consumed with test score news, politicians endlessly ask about test scores and educators leap […]
November 8, 2013
Friday Facts: November 8, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the ease with which the many are governed by the […]
November 8, 2013
Making the Right Call on Medicaid, Health Care Reform
States are forced to choose the status quo or expanding a nearly 50-year-old Medicaid program with a history of unsustainable finances and questionable quality. By Kelly McCutchen Georgia Governor Nathan […]
November 4, 2013
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Publishes Op-ed on SNAP (food stamps)
The Friday, Nov.1, 2013 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an op-ed by Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd on rollbacks in benefits for food stamp recipients, entitled, “No Grandstanding, End […]
November 1, 2013
Friday Facts: November 1, 2013
November 1, 2013 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you […]
October 31, 2013
Foundation Testifies at Federal EPA Carbon Standards Hearing
Georgia Public Policy Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd addressed an Environmental Protection Agency listening session on carbon pollution standards for existing power plants on October 23 in Atlanta. This is […]
October 30, 2013
Justice David Nahmias: “We All Feel Blessed to Be Americans”
(An excerpt from Georgia Supreme Court Associate Justice David Nahmias’ address to the fourth annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum. Watch his address on the Georgia Public Policy Foundation YouTube channel.) […]
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