October 28, 2014
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd If you missed the Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on September 19, you missed a great discussion on health care and […]
September 19, 2014
September 19, 2014 It’s Friday! The Georgia Legislative Policy Forum begins at 8 a.m. today! Herman Cain is broadcasting his radio program live from the Forum at the Renaissance Atlanta […]
September 18, 2014
This article was published in Reason magazine on July 28, 2014. By Ira Stoll A Republican member of the New York State Assembly emails: “I read a number of breathless […]
August 27, 2014
Capital markets should not be subject to central planning by the Fed. (Paul S. Atkins and Peter Wallison are the speakers at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s August 28 Policy […]
August 21, 2014
Utopian Academy for the Arts opened in Clayton County despite bureaucratic roadblocks that threatened its unique mission. By Foundation Editor Mike Klein. Sixth in a series about new Georgia start-up […]
August 5, 2014
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The biggest health story in a while is happening right here in Georgia, as Ebola makes its first official appearance in […]
August 1, 2014
It’s Friday! Events September 19: Registration is open for the 2014 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum. The theme this year is, “Tearing Down Walls,” in recognition of this year’s 25th anniversary […]
July 18, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “For nearly 40 years, it’s pretty much been all reform, all the time for the nation’s public school students, teachers, and parents. Many of the […]
July 11, 2014
As Atlanta’s leaders seek to address criminal justice, it would be wise to follow the state’s lead. By Kelly McCutchen Protection to person and property is the paramount duty of […]
June 27, 2014
Georgia already has its sights set on the next strategy after completion of the Savannah River Harbor Project. By Foundation Editor Mike Klein. By Mike Klein Make no mistake about […]
June 17, 2014
New studies reinforce that improving access to cars may be the best way to help the poor. ‘Car ownership plants the seeds for upward mobility’ By Scott Beyer (The Daily […]
May 2, 2014
It’s Friday! Events May 7: Register by MONDAY to attend ‘Concierge Care for the Little Guy,” the Foundation’s 8.a.m. Leadership Breakfast at the Cobb Galleria Centre. Dr. Lee Gross, co-founder […]
April 22, 2014
Health Policy News and Views Compiled By Benita M. Dodd Happy Earth Day! Isn’t it a great place to be?! I visited my longtime physician for my (kind of) annual […]
April 18, 2014
It’s Friday! Generosity I: Georgia ranks second only to Utah in the percentage of income given to charity, according to the latest “Generosity Index” report of U.S. states and Canadian […]
April 4, 2014
It’s Friday! Events April 24: Matt Candler, founder and CEO of 4.0 Schools, keynotes, “School Choice: Big Gains in The Big Easy,” the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at 8 a.m. at […]
April 3, 2014
More charter schools results in higher property values, higher graduation rates and higher net incomes in the zip codes eligible to attend the charters. A recent study concludes that school […]
April 1, 2014
(This article was published on Forbes.Com and is reprinted with permission by the author.) By Jeffrey Dorfman U.S. antitrust laws are a fascinating confusion of logic and nonsense. Supposedly designed […]
March 28, 2014
It’s Friday! Events April 24: Matt Candler, founder and CEO of 404 Schools, keynotes, “School Choice: Big Gains in The Big Easy,” the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at 8 a.m. at […]
March 24, 2014
Why report that transit usage is booming? To increase funds for a mode that already receives about 20% of federal surface transportation funding while accounting for only 2-3% of U.S. […]
March 21, 2014
America’s infrastructure is not entirely healthy – we knew that – and the federal government is not paying enough attention. That was one underlying message articulated this week when Georgia […]
March 14, 2014
It’s Friday! Events March 26: Join Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Kyle Wingfield and Eric Cochling, vice president of Policy Development at the Georgia Center for Opportunity, at the Foundation’s 8 a.m. […]
February 4, 2014
By Joel Kotkin The stock market is high, real estate prices have resurged, even the unemployment rate is dropping, yet Americans still feel pretty down about the future. A survey released […]
January 30, 2014
The Reason Foundation’s Leonard Gilroy has an interesting report on the growing interest in social impact bonds. Georgia’s existing criminal justice reforms have created a need to fund community-based services, […]
January 16, 2014
Interesting conclusions from a recent Reason Foundation study: Statistical analysis of the 74 largest urbanized areas in the U.S. over a 26-year period suggests that increasing transit utilization does not […]
December 10, 2013
Prisons do not need walls. High unemployment, low education, blight, depression, desperation and deprivation can become easy substitutes for bricks and mortar. Simply because someone completes time inside prison walls […]
October 22, 2013
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd If you want a job done right: Does your doctor’s gender make a difference? A Canadian study found that found […]
October 7, 2013
By Joel Kotkin To many in the transit business – that is, people who seek to profit from the development and growth of buses, trains and streetcars – Southern California is often […]
September 6, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but […]
August 21, 2013
Georgia families, educators and policy makers are of many views about the impact of Common Core State Standards and whether Georgia should continue to participate. This discussion is likely to […]
August 9, 2013
August 9, 2013 It’s Friday! Congratulations to the winners of tickets to the Heartland Institute’s Emerging Forum: Lynda Whitt Chapman, Jeffrey Cole Copeland and Heather Moody Breeden. Events August 15: […]
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