WABE reports: "The 40-page 2010 state audit finds about seven-percent of defendants who participate in a county drug court were convicted again within two years. That's one-fourth the recidivism rate […]
Good op-ed in Sunday's Rome News-Tribune: Flying over prison walls From the Rome News-Tribune, Jan. 30, 2011 — EASIER SAID than done is a saying that state leaders need to […]
As printed in Sunday's AJC: Atlanta Forward / Another View: State could become a national model By Kelly McCutchen Some may quibble with details, and adjustments will certainly be made, but […]
It’s Friday! – What can you do to help the Foundation celebrate its 20th birthday in 2011? E-mail to share how you can highlight the Foundation’s “20 For 20,” campaign. Will you recommend […]
Georgia Needs a Lone Star State of Mind By Kelly McCutchen Jobs, jobs, jobs. That's the mantra from nearly every elected official these days, from President Obama to Governor Deal. […]
It’s Friday! Join our Forum! – If you like the Friday Facts, you’ll love the Forum. This interactive community is a series of issue-oriented blogs where you can find breaking […]
Commentary By Benita M. Dodd National School Choice Week is Jan. 23-29. The Georgia Public Policy Foundation, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and was a pioneer in the […]
It’s Friday! Quotations – “You could take a poll and see what the public says it wants, but what the public says it wants at any particular moment is not identical with the public interest. The public […]
By E. Frank Stephenson When Georgia’s Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness released its recommendations on January 7, headline writers trumpeted the council’s proposal to eliminate the sales tax […]
While some may quibble with the details, and some adjustments will certainly be made, if enacted, the Tax Council’s pro-growth tax reforms will make Georgia a national model. Expect many […]
By Kelly McCutchen The General Assembly gathers in Atlanta next week facing a deficit of well over $1 billion. Across-the-board budget cuts are no longer sufficient to bridge the budget gap. […]
Atlanta – Right on Crime, a nationwide criminal justice reform initiative, today launched a state-based effort in Georgia to educate policy-makers about the commonsense corrections system reforms that have safely […]
It’s Friday! What’s happening at the Foundation – This week, the Foundation joined national leaders and several state-based think tanks in announcing the Right on Crime initiative. The initiative proposes six principles to […]
By Nina Owcharenko Recent coverage of the proposals offered by President Obama’s debt commission managed to gloss over a huge issue that is adding to the nation’s deficit – Medicaid. The impact […]
By Benita M. Dodd The first thing to know about Georgia’s water worries is that just as Washington doesn’t have a revenue problem but a spending problem, Georgia doesn’t have […]
It’s Friday! – Today is the deadline to register for, “ABCs+D = The Virtual Success of Digital Learning,“ a Georgia Public Policy Foundation Policy Briefing Luncheon at noon on Tuesday, […]
By E. Frank Stephenson Georgia’s incoming General Assembly faces a projected budget shortfall of more than $1 billion for Fiscal Year 2012. This is a daunting challenge, and after several […]
It’s Friday! Quotable – “The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but by a compact […]
It’s Friday! Quotable – “[Legislators] like to control money and we like to control where children go [to school]. I think we need to break that mold. Whether it’s […]
By Marc A. Levin Georgia’s Governor-elect Nathan Deal has earned his stripes as a tough-as-nails prosecutor who rightly noted on the campaign trail that he put many rapists in prison […]
It’s Friday! Notable It’s not too late to register for the Georgia Legislative Policy Briefing on Saturday, Nov. 13. This daylong event features dozens of national and statewide experts on the top […]
By Eric Tresh Communications service providers offer voice, video and Internet access services to customers throughout Georgia. These services are provided by a number of different types of companies using […]
Last week NYC Chancellor Joel Klein proposed publishing individual teachers' value-added data, L.A. Times-style. Current teacher evaluation systems do not take student achievement into account. That's a given. Value-added models […]
October 29, 2010 It’s Friday! Quotable – “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” […]
It’s Friday! Quotable – “In an open economy, you will never know what is out there on the leading developmental edge of this or that industry. But the reality behind the […]
By Benita M. Dodd The free-market think tanks that focus on state policy issues often exchange and replicate their successful ideas and case studies in effective government. Reinventing the wheel […]
It’s Friday! Quotable – “What progressives want to do is take money from some – by force – and spend it on others. It sounds less noble when plainly stated. That’s […]
It’s Friday! Notable – “When normal people hear about a budget cut, we assume the amount of money to be spent is less than the previous year’s allocation. But that’s […]
It’s Friday! Quotable – “We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that […]
By Robert A. Lawson and E. Frank Stephenson With a commission examining Georgia’s tax structure and the possibility of legislative action next year, one possible course of action is the […]
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