October 24, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 24, 2025
Although the public health emergency ended more than two years ago, these “enhanced” subsidies remain in place.
Topic: Ohio
July 17, 2025 • Commentary
Why Georgia needs regulatory reform
Virginia has set the standard for reforming regulations. Georgia should follow suit.
April 28, 2025 • Blog
Expanding student choices is one of the best things a state can do
Georgia’s Promise Scholarship just completed its initial application window, and interest was strong.
April 17, 2025 • Commentary
Regulatory reform efforts stall in 2025 session
Regulatory reforms stall this year further postpones a reckoning for Georgia’s expanding regulatory code.
January 2, 2025
Regulatory reform around the country
Several states are taking measures to curb overregulation and reduce the size of their regulatory codes.
October 30, 2024 • Commentary
Georgia has the opportunity for big-ticket tax reform
State leaders have spent tax dollars cautiously, and they’ve accumulated quite the nest egg on behalf of the taxpayers.
September 12, 2024 • Commentary
School choice opponents continue to mislead
School choice is sweeping the nation because parents—regardless of ethnicity, political persuasion, or religious convictions—are demanding school choice.
July 19, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 19, 2024
Besides the festivities and formalities that happen at conventions, delegates at national conventions also get a chance to adopt a party platform.
June 7, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 7, 2024
In Georgia, the four largest health systems currently account for 51.6% of hospital beds available statewide.
June 6, 2024 • Commentary
As competition decreases, the cost of healthcare rises
In Georgia, the four largest health systems currently account for 51.6% of hospital beds available statewide.
March 28, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: That’s a wrap on the 2024 session
The story of this year’s session is ultimately one of tangible, if incremental, progress.
February 21, 2024
Next Steps for Georgia Tax Reform
When Georgia enacted the Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2022, it began the hard work of fixing an outdated, uncompetitive tax code.
March 20, 2023
Economic Report on Georgia’s Certificate of Need Program
Despite their inception nearly fifty years ago, ongoing questions about cost, access and the role of community healthcare remain.
March 1, 2023 • Commentary
More education options good for Georgia students, families
Pending legislation would establish education scholarship accounts for Georgia students.
January 20, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 20, 2023
It’s Friday! Georgia lawmakers brought a tax reform package across the finish line in 2022 that will change the state’s progressive income tax to a 5.49% flat tax beginning in […]
March 25, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 25, 2022
While time is ticking on filing your 2021 taxes, the conversation at the Gold Dome has been all about what the 2024 tax year will look like in Georgia.
February 3, 2022 • Blog
Tax Cuts Could Mean Windfalls for Georgia
Even without cutting tax revenues, flattening and lowering Georgia’s income-tax rate would be a big winner in terms of economic growth and job creation.
January 21, 2022 • Commentary
School Choice Week and the “Year of Educational Freedom”
With some policy changes, 2022 could turn out to be the "Year of Educational Freedom."
December 10, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 10, 2021
Kyle Wingfield is recuperating from surgery and will be back in the office in the new year.
September 17, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 17, 2021
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation marked 30 years of “Changing Georgia Policy, Changing Georgians’ Lives” with a dinner celebration Thursday night at the Geo
July 2, 2021 • Commentary
Our 50 State Flag: How One Ohio Teen’s Quest to Change His Grade Became Our National Symbol
On July 4, 1960, teenager Robert (Bob) G. Heft sat in a swivel chair next to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and asked, “How do you like your job?” as they […]
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 […]
March 25, 2021 • Foundation News
Georgia Public Policy Foundation Joins Free-Market Coalition Asking Treasury Secretary Yellen to Respect State Powers
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation is a co-signer on a letter from a coalition of organizations that was sent to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The text is below. Dear […]
December 18, 2020
Friday Facts: December 18, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The Founders believed, and the Conservative agrees, in the dignity of the individual; that we, as human beings, have a right to live, live freely, […]
November 13, 2020
Friday Facts: November 13, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Government outlays on antipoverty programs are almost entirely unaffected by which party is in power: It has inexorably risen under Republicans and Democrats alike — […]
July 2, 2020
Friday Facts: July 3, 2020
It’s Friday! Friday Facts is coming to you a day early to beat the holiday rush! Have you registered yet for the 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum? The Forum, hosted […]
May 8, 2020
Friday Facts: May 8, 2020
It’s Friday! This is the eighth Friday Facts edition to focus on the coronavirus pandemic across the nation and in Georgia. View previous editions here. View the Foundation’s near-term proposals […]
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 […]
February 15, 2019
Plan to Seek Waivers a Healthy Dose of Reality for Georgia
Bureaucratic arcana from Washington, D.C., hit Georgia’s headlines this week. Governor Brian Kemp announced he will seek federal “waivers” to improve health care in the state. By Kyle Wingfield Bureaucratic […]
January 11, 2019
Medicaid Work Requirements Could Help the Poor
More than 12 million nondisabled, working-age Americans are enrolled in Medicaid. They receive medical care that is virtually free, and in most states they are under no obligation to work or seek […]
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