November 1, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 1, 2024
Did you know you can redirect your state tax liability to fund a scholarship for a student to attend a private school?
Topic: Minneapolis
January 29, 2021
Friday Facts: January 29, 2021
It’s Friday! Today’s Friday Facts has an education focus, to mark the 11th annual celebration of National School Choice Week, which kicked off January 24. Memory Lane: Education options for […]
August 21, 2020 • Commentary
Arresting Law Enforcement Abuses Begins with Police Unions
The death of George Floyd ignited outrage across America once video emerged of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck.
May 10, 2019
Friday Facts: May 10, 2019
It’s Friday! Events May 23: The deadline is Tuesday, May 21, to register for “You Can Say That: How Courage Can Defeat Political Correctness,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon with […]
February 8, 2019
What Does Transit ‘Access to Jobs’ Actually Measure?
A recent study, “Access Across America: Transit 2017,” by Andrew Owen and Brendan Murphy of the University of Minnesota, claims that accessibility to jobs by transit increased between 2016 and 2017. By […]
July 7, 2017
Report Highlights How Road Pricing Helps Manage Congestion
Road space is scarce and valuable, Why not use prices to allocate it like we do for almost everything else? Georgia is moving toward dynamic tolls and a network of […]
March 17, 2017
How States Can Break the Health Care Logjam
Federal waivers could help ease the burden on low-income Georgians and the hospitals that treat them. By Kelly McCutchen In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, January 22 a tornado, one of […]
January 18, 2017
Fixing the $1 Billion Federal Unfunded Heath Care Mandate
By Kelly McCutchen There is no question Georgia’s rural hospitals are struggling. The great majority of these hospitals are losing money every year and several have been forced to close. Their struggles were […]
January 23, 2014
Target Stores to End Coverage for Part-timers
If you like your plan: Target has announced that it is ending health care insurance for its part-time workers on April 1 – the day after open enrollment for 2014 […]
June 13, 2013
Priced Managed Lanes: A Proven Mobility Option Grows in Popularity
By Matthew Click Today, states across the country face the daunting challenge of providing reliable transportation alternatives in their metropolitan areas. Urban congestion results in wasted fuel and time for […]
January 25, 2012
Transportation Briefs
Transportation Round-Up Compiled by GPPF Vice President Benita Dodd Misguided, misinformed and missing: Committee meetings are almost ways more interesting than full board meetings, if you’re willing to sit and […]
October 12, 2011
State must Ensure Georgians Warm Up to HOT Lanes
By Benita M. Dodd When a 16-mile High-Occupancy toll (HOT) lane demonstration project opened October 1 on Interstate 85 in metro Atlanta, it was no surprise that motorists crawling alongside […]
March 17, 2008
Consumer Driven Health Plans – Working as Intended
By Greg Scandlen Consumer Driven Health Plans have been around for about five years now. They began in June 2002, when the Internal Revenue Service released its first guidance on […]
March 6, 2006
The Black Exodus to Charter Schools
Published Monday, March 06, 2006 MINNEAPOLIS — Something momentous is happening here in the home of prairie populism: black flight. African-American families from the poorest neighborhoods are rapidly abandoning […]