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.
December 19, 2024 • Blog
11 biggest stories of 2024
This year, Georgia Public Policy Foundation once again had our biggest year to date in terms of content produced and consumed.
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.
August 22, 2024 • Commentary
Georgia is home to more than 111,000 government regulations
Our state ranked only in the middle of the regulatory pack with the 26th-most restrictions.
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 19, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 19, 2024
Why does Georgia continue to be one of the fastest growing states in the country?
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 31, 2023 • Commentary
Blame Congress for summer’s aviation problems
Without major institutional reform, the FAA will continue to struggle with congestion and delays.
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.
May 10, 2023 • Commentary
Low tax states continue to attract new residents
New residents to Georgia brought a net $1.28 billion increase in adjusted gross income last year.
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 […]
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