August 21, 2025 • Commentary
How do Georgia’s taxes stack up against the rest of the nation?
Americans are voting with their feet, leaving high-tax states behind. Where does Georgia stand?
Topic: New Jersey
February 28, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 28, 2025
We might be entering an age of reconsidering how we produce and retain physicians in Georgia.
July 17, 2024
New residents resulted in new revenue for Georgia
New residents to Georgia brought with them about $715 million more in adjusted gross income than ex-Georgians took.
June 13, 2024 • Press Release
Foundation launches Keep Georgia Working
The Keep Georgia Working campaign will target the more than one million new residents to Georgia over the past decade.
February 2, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 2, 2024
Cobb County residents will soon be voting on an $11 billion bus-based transit plan.
January 18, 2024 • Commentary
Americans are flocking to Georgia seeking economic freedom
There has been significant migration from high-tax and high-regulation states to economically free states with lighter tax and regulatory burdens.
August 11, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 11, 2023
A strange tweet by the Republican State Leadership Committee claimed that “Georgia Republicans have made school choice a top priority!”
August 2, 2023 • Commentary
How could CNBC’s “Best places to live and work” list be so wrong?
Top 10 lists come and go, mostly in unmemorable fashion. But a list that gets its subject matter exactly backward makes me stop and wonder what’s going on.
July 21, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 21, 2023
Short-term plan, are not subject to Obamacare rules and are thus much more affordable and flexible for families.
November 18, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 18, 2022
It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Georgia, like much of the nation, faces a severe housing shortage. Build-to-rent homes may offer a solution, but why are some Georgia communities trying to ban […]
November 18, 2022 • Commentary
With the Prospects for Home Ownership Dimming, Build-to-Rent Offers a Promising Alternative
BTRs and other alternative housing arrangements are more needed than ever because there are simply not enough homes.
October 19, 2022 • Commentary
A Report Card for Governors’ Fiscal Policy
See how Brian Kemp stacks up against his peers when it comes to taxes, spending and budgeting.
June 2, 2022 • Blog
Kemp’s Results Won Out
Disagree as they might with one policy or another, people will have a hard time arguing with Governor Kemp’s economic record as a whole.
April 29, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 29, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca “To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. […]
February 18, 2022 • Commentary
Guaranteed Basic Income not a Guaranteed Solution to Poverty
A guaranteed income will not single handedly help people navigate the path from poverty to prosperity.
January 28, 2022
Driving Change: The Promise of Per-Mile Charges for Georgia Transportation
As technology, policy and politics change the transportation landscape in Georgia, the state will have to reconsider how it funds transportation infrastructure.
October 14, 2021 • Blog
Georgia is Changing, for Better or for Worse?
Butch Miller got in trouble this past week for saying what a lot of Georgians believe.
July 23, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 23, 2021
Sometimes, the wheels of change turn exceedingly slow. As early as 1992 (right) – one year after the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was founded – and as recen
July 1, 2021 • Blog
Celebrating Independent Minds on Independence Day
National holidays are treasured occasions, and not only because it means a day off (for many of us). Most of these holidays bear a certain, obvious solemnity of purpose: Memorial […]
May 28, 2021
Friday Facts: May 28, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane Outsource resource: As far back as 1996, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation maintained that for the city of Atlanta to prosper, “it must privatize, consolidate city […]
May 26, 2021 • Blog
Tricky Tax Competitiveness
Along with the gusher of spending from Washington, D.C., has come a debate about how to pay for it all. State lawmakers should listen carefully and act accordingly. Some harmful […]
April 16, 2021
Friday Facts: April 16, 2021
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825) “Market […]
January 15, 2021
Friday Facts: January 15, 2021
It’s Friday! As the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2021, each Friday Facts will include a little trip down Memory Lane from our three decades of […]
October 20, 2020 • Blog
Tax and Spend Tuesday: What’s in Store for YOUR Wallet?
Tax and Spend Tuesday: October 20, 2020 Welcome to the inaugural edition of Tax and Spend Tuesday, a roundup of news, views and policy proposals affecting your paycheck and pocketbook! […]
July 24, 2020
Friday Facts: July 24, 2020
It’s Friday! Did you miss the first two Zoom events of the 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum? View the opening keynote, “An Education Conversation” with Betsy DeVos, U.S. Secretary of […]
March 13, 2020
Friday Facts: March 13, 2020
It’s Friday! Postponed: The Foundation’s event scheduled for Wednesday (March 18) has been postponed out of an abundance of caution. “Brexit: The Good, the Bad and the Messy” will be […]
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 […]
November 1, 2019 • Commentary
Shining a Light on the Administrative State
In October, the White House announced a new Governors’ Initiative on Regulatory Innovation. Led by Vice President Mike Pence, the aim of the initiative is to work with state, local and […]
September 27, 2019
Friday Facts: September 27, 2019
It’s Friday! Events November 15: The agenda is online for the 2019 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which features nearly two dozen policy experts and leaders on issues affecting Georgia: Education, […]
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