Topic: National Conference of State Legislatures

As technology, policy and politics change the transportation landscape in Georgia, the state will have to reconsider how it funds transportation infrastructure.

Georgia is one of 35 states that institute certificate of need (CON) laws. First passed in the 1960s to deter increasing health care costs, CON laws were supposed to limit […]

By Kelly McCutchen Rising health care costs are squeezing middle-class families, as this chart published by the Wall Street Journal based on Brookings Institution analysis clearly shows. These families could care […]

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The good news: The number of deaths from motor-vehicle crashes declined by 5 percent during the first six months of […]

By Mike Klein Georgia online shoppers would be required to pay state sales tax for more purchases starting on New Year’s Day 2013 if tax reform legislation unveiled on Monday […]

By Mike Klein Georgia’s criminal justice reform initiative has flown stealth-like under the radar since November when a special council delivered its report.  That will change soon, perhaps later this […]

Next month the Georgia legislature will begin to consider whether substance abusers who are not a public safety risk should receive a stay out of jail card. How lawmakers decide […]

What do you know about your pension plan?  Is it defined benefit, defined contribution or some hybrid version?  Does your employer match your contribution?  Is it portable, meaning you take […]

It’s Friday!  Quotations – “The best thing we can do for democracy in the world, in my view now, is get our own fiscal house in order. If we don’t do […]

  It’s Friday!   – The Georgia Public Policy Foundation does not accept government funds. We rely completely on the support of Georgians like you who recognize the value of innovative […]