February 17, 2012
By Benita Dodd The headline on an article in The Onion satirical magazine in 2000 was, “Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others.” Sometimes truth is even […]
February 10, 2012
By Al Meyers This week, Georgia again failed to act in the best interests of its youngest citizens and you should be outraged. Instead of seeing the “big picture” of […]
January 17, 2012
TRANSPORTATION ROUNDUP Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Logistics and innovation: More than 1,100 people have registered already for the fourth annual Georgia Logistics Summit on February 8th, 2012, in Atlanta. […]
October 28, 2011
It’s Friday! – Thank you for your support! About 400 friends and supporters celebrated the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award dinner on Monday evening at the Renaissance Waverly Atlanta. At the event […]
September 23, 2011
The Census Bureau has released its latest one-year estimate on the average travel time to work for Americans. The national average was 25.1 minutes, but metro Atlantans’ average commute was […]
September 23, 2011
It’s Friday! – Space is limited! Don’t miss the second annual Georgia Legislative Policy Briefing on Friday, Sept. 30, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Register now for the daylong event, […]
July 13, 2011
Originally published April 26, 2011 County and city jail populations have declined nationally for two consecutive years, according to just published data from the U.S. Justice Department, but newer state […]
June 21, 2011
Georgia became the national battleground over charter public schools alternative authorization last month when the state Supreme Court ruled the three-year-old charter schools commission is unconstitutional. So it was not […]
June 10, 2011
It’s Friday! Rule of law – “The law passed on partisan lines by Congress last year blatantly violates the U.S. Constitution by mandating Americans to enter the marketplace and purchase […]
June 3, 2011
It’s Friday! – Your donations to support the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s campaign for limited government, individual accountability and market-oriented solutions are life-changing for Georgians. Please help celebrate the 20th anniversary of […]
February 25, 2011
Education Week features a recent interview with former New York City Chancellor Joel Klein, who is now heading the education division of News Corp. Here are excerpts: The education […]
February 24, 2011
Georgia’s state and local tax burden ranks 32nd highest, according to the Tax Foundation’s latest report. North Carolina ranked 16th highest, Florida was just above Georgia at 31 and the […]
November 26, 2010
By E. Frank Stephenson Georgia’s incoming General Assembly faces a projected budget shortfall of more than $1 billion for Fiscal Year 2012. This is a daunting challenge, and after several […]
November 10, 2010
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who made billions in business, is absolutely consistent about whom he thinks should run the city’s public school system: Business people. Bloomberg proved […]
November 4, 2010
Last week NYC Chancellor Joel Klein proposed publishing individual teachers' value-added data, L.A. Times-style. Current teacher evaluation systems do not take student achievement into account. That's a given. Value-added models […]
April 9, 2010
By Benita M. Dodd Years of research by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation have yielded a sad truth: If free market academics are few and far between in Georgia, free […]
February 19, 2010 • Commentary
By Charles Romano and Ross Mason Biotechnology research is emerging in Georgia through a financially buoyant and talented pool of professionals who bring great science, technology and jobs to the […]
January 29, 2010
By E. Frank Stephenson The General Assembly convened this year facing the daunting challenge of closing a billion-dollar budget hole, partly caused by the slumping economy and the consequent decrease […]
June 18, 2009
James K. Glassman This talk today is timely. In Iran, as I speak, we are seeing hundreds of thousands of citizens protesting what is almost certainly a stolen election. […]
June 12, 2009
By H. Sterling Burnett and Ross Wingo About 82 percent of Americans receive drinking water via publicly owned water systems, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many of […]
May 1, 2009
By Jeff Flake and Ronald Utt Georgia clearly could use an extra $206 million a year to fix its roads and bridges. And it could get that much – without increasing […]
April 3, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen Georgia families and businesses are facing difficult economic times, but there is a bright side: At least they’re not residents of New York or California. New York’s […]
August 10, 2007
Atlanta grew up around cars. It’s fundamentally a packet-switched infrastructure. Ask any telecom engineer. You cannot replace a packet-switched infrastructure with circuit switching for any reasonable amount of money. Can’t […]
May 19, 2006
By Lynn Westmoreland You can’t go outside to play until you’ve cleaned your room, Mom used to say. We could use Mom’s wisdom in Washington: Our fiscal house has escaped […]
February 11, 2005
By Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald As medical malpractice reform is debated in the General Assembly, it is critical to keep in focus that the way we handle medical mistakes must ultimately […]
February 11, 2005
By Brenda Fitzgerald The risk of medical injury due to physician negligence is the same today as it was 30 years ago. Medical liability awards have greatly increased, medical insurance […]
January 21, 2005
By Kelly McCutchen Georgia’s economy appears to have finally turned the corner but the pressure on the budget continues. If the state fails to act quickly, Georgians may face a […]
September 21, 2004
Crime Agenda Remove the state’s gag rule on local crime statistics Adopt “truth in sentencing” for all crimes so that the public knows exactly what percentage of a prisoner’s sentence […]
April 11, 2003
By Morgan Smith I. Summary It has been four years since Georgia legislators enacted broad changes to the state laws that regulate the relationship between auto dealers and car manufacturers. The changes have created significant benefits […]
February 18, 2003
By Morgan Smith During the next few weeks, Georgia’s legislators will be looking for creative solutions to the state’s budget crisis. One possibility being considered is a tax amnesty, which […]
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