Topic: Mercatus Center

February 20, 2025 • Commentary

Georgia’s legislative push for regulatory reform

The regulatory state took center stage at the General Assembly as both chambers held hearings on how to reduce the growing regulatory burden on Georgians. 

January 3, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: January 3, 2025

Several states are taking measures to curb overregulation and reduce the size of their regulatory codes.



September 6, 2024 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 6, 2024

States should take charge of their own policies, fostering innovation and better results.

August 30, 2024 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 30, 2024

Labor Day weekend gives us an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the American worker.

August 23, 2024 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 23, 2024

Georgia’s teacher pension is not out of the woods and still poses a major risk of unexpected runaway costs.





March 17, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 17, 2023

It’s Friday! The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism advanced House Bill 514 this week, legislation limiting the ability of local governments to enact moratoriums on building new housing to no […]


December 3, 2021

Friday Facts: December 03, 2021

In the early days of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, even public charter school choice was needlessly limited in Georgia, as this 1996 article demonstrate


August 6, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 06, 2021

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s first luncheon briefing was in October 1993, two years after the Foundation was established.


May 25, 2021 • Commentary

CON Game

Georgia's Certificate of Need laws drive up healthcare costs and limits choice.

May 25, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: May 24, 2021

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. A mantra you’ll hear from policy research groups is that healthcare reform in Georgia and many other […]


December 18, 2020

Friday Facts: December 18, 2020

It’s Friday!  Quotes of Note “The Founders believed, and the Conservative agrees, in the dignity of the individual; that we, as human beings, have a right to live, live freely, […]

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, […]


May 22, 2020

Friday Facts: May 22, 2020

It’s Friday! This is Week 10 of the Friday Facts’ focus on the coronavirus pandemic across the nation and in Georgia. View previous editions here. View the Foundation’s near-term proposals […]

May 1, 2020

Friday Facts: May 1, 2020

It’s Friday! This is the seventh Friday Facts edition to focus on the coronavirus pandemic gripping the nation and Georgia. (View previous editions here.) View the Foundation’s near-term proposals here. […]

April 9, 2020

Friday Facts: April 10, 2020

It’s Friday! We’re sending out this week’s Friday Facts one day early, in acknowledgment of the Easter Holiday Weekend beginning tomorrow with Good Friday. This is the fourth Friday Facts […]

February 28, 2020

Friday Facts: February 28, 2020

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Overall, the evidence indicates that occupational licensing limits workers’ ability to enter professions or move to new areas with greater opportunity.” – Council of Economic […]

February 14, 2020

Friday Facts: February 14, 2020

It’s Friday! Events Mark your calendars: March 18: “Brexit: The Good, the Bad and the Messy,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon focusing on the United Kingdom at the end of […]

December 13, 2019

Friday Facts: December 13, 2019

It’s Friday! News and events January 28, 2020: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates 29 years of policy over politics with an Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner in the […]

November 1, 2019

Friday Facts: November 1, 2019

It’s Friday!  Volunteer. Donate. Review. Thanks to our supporters for helping the Georgia Public Policy Foundation earn its 2019 badge as a Great Nonprofits’ “Top-Rated Nonprofit,” the second consecutive year […]
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