January 17, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 17, 2025
How can school board members serve their fundamental purpose, and how can citizens hold them accountable?
Topic: Legislature
January 10, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 10, 2025
A few issues have been gaining attention for months and figure to be key points of contention once the session kicks off on Jan. 13.
January 8, 2025 • Commentary
Legislature has a number of education issues to tackle in 2025
From open enrollment changes to funding formula rewrite, there are a number of education issues lawmakers can address in 2025.
October 11, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 11, 2024
What steps can policymakers take to address this physician shortage?
August 10, 2023 • Commentary
Republicans’ unearned victory lap on school choice
The Republican State Leadership Committee crediting Georgia Republicans with making school choice a priority seems bizarre.
December 28, 2022 • Commentary
Kemp’s re-election, historic tax relief highlight 2022
Looking back on the year that was, 2022 left a lasting mark on Georgia’s policymaking world in several ways.
January 7, 2022 • Blog
2022 Legislative Session Readies for Kickoff
The 2022 legislative session will begin on Monday, January 10, under a cloud of uncertainty: Will Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs finally defeat the Alabam
November 26, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 26, 2021
At the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 30th anniversary dinner in September, our photographer captured the attending presidents who have led the organization
November 26, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 26, 2021
All the president’s men: At the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 30th anniversary dinner in September, our photographer captured the attending presidents who
October 29, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 29, 2021
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation modeled its annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on the policy briefings of our sister think tank, the Texas Public Poli
October 1, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 1, 2021
In 2006, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation published a transportation study: “Reducing Congestion in Atlanta: A Bold New Approach to Increasing Mobility.”
August 6, 2021 • Commentary
Georgia Gains by Playing in a Regulatory ‘Sandbox’
With technology and innovation at the heart of American Greatness, it should come as little surprise that in a recent report of the 50 most innovative companies
June 18, 2021
Friday Facts: June 18, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane The more things change … As Georgia prepares for reapportionment again after the 2020 Census, this 1992 Georgia Public Policy Foundation commentary reveals what was on […]
May 25, 2021 • Commentary
CON Game
Georgia's Certificate of Need laws drive up healthcare costs and limits choice.
May 21, 2021 • Commentary
Highway Robbery and Civil Forfeiture
“Highway robbery” brings to mind the romantic legend of Robin Hood and his Merry Men, a righteous group that “stole from the rich to give to the poor.”
May 5, 2021 • Savannah Morning News
Education Options Move Forward Around the Nation
Being focused primarily on what happens in Georgia, it can be easy to miss important developments elsewhere. But when it comes to expanding educational options, other states keep rubbing it […]
April 5, 2021 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: April 5, 2021
Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Thundering herd immunity: A single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna vaccine reduced the risk of […]
April 2, 2021
Friday Facts: April 02, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane: The more things change, the more they stay the same, as this news clipping from 1996 shows. The Georgia Public Policy Foundation, which celebrates its 30th […]
March 26, 2021
Friday Facts: March 26, 2021
It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Visit georgiapolicy.org to read the Foundation’s latest commentary, “Don’t Let Strings on Covid Cash Make Georgia Feds’ Puppet,” by Kyle Wingfield. Memory Lane: The Georgia Public […]
March 19, 2021 • Commentary
Sunshine Week, a Vital Disinfectant in Pandemic and Always
“If the broad light of day could be let in upon men’s actions, it would purify them as the sun disinfects," wrote Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.
March 12, 2021
Friday Facts: March 12, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2021, has championed education options since its beginning. In 2012, Georgia legislators approved the State […]
March 12, 2021 • Commentary
COVID-19: What a Difference a Year Made
One year ago this week, Georgians began to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Georgia Public Policy Foundation shut down to begin working remotely
February 5, 2021 • Blog
Unhealthy Blockage Constricts Certificate-of-Need Relief
On March 20, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp issued an executive order relaxing many restrictions on healthcare providers. I
January 28, 2021 • Commentary
Where Have All the Children Gone?
Nearly 36,000 fewer students attended Georgia public schools this year. It's unclear where they are instead.
January 8, 2021 • Commentary
Hearing Opportunity Knock Amid Winds of Change
In one fell swoop, the outcomes of Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoffs on January 5 changed the landscape for the entire nation, at least for the next two years. Two Republican […]
October 2, 2020 • Commentary
Guide to The Issues 2020 Offers Innovation for Georgia
Emerging from the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was reportedly asked whether the Framers of the Constitution had produced a republic or a
August 7, 2020
Friday Facts: August 7, 2020
It’s Friday! Don’t miss a session of the 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum. The Foundation is recording each Zoom session for our YouTube channel! View the July 15 opening keynote, […]
July 10, 2020 • Commentary
When Will the Legislature Break Up with Tax Breaks?
The state of Georgia is required by law to have a balanced budget. Ahead of the new fiscal year on July 1, the Legislature faced difficult choices because of CO
July 10, 2020
Friday Facts: July 10, 2020
It’s Friday! Eight Sessions. Eight Think Tanks. One Venue. No Charge. Have you registered? The 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum begins Wednesday, July 15, on Zoom with the opening keynote, […]
July 2, 2020 • Commentary
Legislature Acts to Increase Transparency in Drug Pricing
Health policy was a popular issue in the closing weeks of the Georgia General Assembly, as would be expected for a session interrupted by a pandemic. Among the
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