Georgians will need a comfy couch, lots of time and perhaps some caffeine when they begin to read newly introduced juvenile justice and civil code legislation. Juvenile justice provisions in […]
February 8, 2013 It’s Friday! February 19: The Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at Cobb County’s Georgian Club, 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 19, is keynoted by the Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole. […]
“Telemedicine – telehealth – allows doctors to be more efficient, effective and productive.” By Benita M. Dodd Money is tight and physicians are in short supply in many Georgia counties, […]
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol Hunstein challenged the General Assembly to expand mental health services for “clearly disturbed youngsters” during her final State of the Judiciary address, telling lawmakers, […]
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Individual mandate update: Under proposed rules for the individual mandate under the federal health law, individuals who have to pay more […]
Colleges around the country including Emory are constantly experimenting with online learning. Two virtual learning companies — Coursera and Udacity — continue to expand their connections with traditional universities. The […]
February 1, 2013 It’s Friday! February 19: Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? Who’s to blame? Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? Find out […]
The key question is: Is Medicaid expansion beyond the poverty level a “hand up” or a “handcuff?” By Ronald E. Bachman Medicaid has several components, but at its core it is […]
Each year Georgia law enforcement seizes millions of dollars in personal property from people who were never charged with or convicted of a crime. There was merely the suspicion that […]
Atlanta – Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? There were 105,610 foreclosure filings last year, or one for every 39 homes. Who’s to […]
What if … Every citizen could track every dollar of federal, state or local government spending, every contract, every real estate deal and every travel expense? What if … Citizens in every […]
January 25, 2013 It’s Friday! Upcoming: Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? Who’s to blame? Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? Find out […]
Unfortunately, despite the best intentions and efforts of thousands of committed educators, many of Georgia’s urban and rural public schools are failing to educate their students. By Ben Scafidi National […]
Discussion about mental health and other substance abuse treatment alternatives was front and center Wednesday when criminal justice system officials addressed House and Senate joint appropriations lawmakers at the State […]
Georgia’s ability to continue slow but steady economic growth might depend on factors beyond its control, including a “heroic assumption” that the federal government will somehow get its fiscal house […]
January 18, 2013 It’s Friday! Events January 24, 2013: The deadline is Tuesday to register for the Foundation’s first Leadership Breakfast of 2013, “Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the […]
In the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the central components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), states must now decide whether to […]
Governor Nathan Deal has proposed a $19.864 billion state dollars budget for the new fiscal year that starts in July, a slight tick up from this year’s $19.341 billion budget. […]
Governor Nathan Deal said the state Department of Community Health has been told to reduce its amended current fiscal year budget by 3 percent and then find 5 percent more […]
What we know or can know about each other never ceases to amaze me and it constantly evolves. Netflix knows the movies we like. Amazon knows what we want to […]
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd So much for individual responsibility: Merrill Matthews, resident scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation, has two articles that should be […]
By Eric Wearne In 1988, Isaac Asimov was interviewed on PBS, and made some truly futuristic pronouncements about online learning (though he didn’t call it that at the time). For […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” – Harriet Tubman “We have no […]
Despite budget shortfalls, Georgia can enact reforms to ensure better times. By Kelly McCutchen Not everything is off limits to Georgia’s government in an economic recession. On the contrary, the […]
Georgia has tens of thousands of non-director-level day care staff that work in thousands of facilities. Stronger laws could improve what we know about most of them, including whether they […]
Pop Quiz: Is there ever anything good about receiving a D+ grade? This week the public education watchdog StudentsFirst ranked Georgia 15th nationally in a report that analyzed existing state […]
GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION EVENT INVITATION January 7, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Transportation Expert Robert Poole Keynotes Event: ‘Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the Pike’ […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” – Aesop “I do come home at Christmas. We all do, or […]
When the governor paints the state’s financial picture as “daunting” and Medicaid is at least $700 million in the red, you know it’s time to get serious about the state […]
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