April 17, 2024 • Blog
We aren’t building enough houses. Why?
Regulations limit home building by making it costlier and more time-consuming, and by requiring new homes to be larger and made with more expensive materials.
Topic: Pew Research Center
January 26, 2023 • Commentary
School choice would benefit rural students in Georgia
Education choice policies expand educational opportunity for rural families while spurring rural district schools to improve their performance.
September 21, 2018
Puerto Rico’s Steady Decline to ‘Puerto Pobre’ Began Long Before Maria
Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria, but he physical, economic and social destruction caused by Maria followed economic and demographic problems that began long before the hurricane hit. By […]
December 29, 2017
Friday Facts: December 29, 2017
It’s Friday! It’s the FINAL Friday of the year. It’s the FINAL Georgia Public Policy Foundation Friday Facts of 2017. And, it’s the FINAL time you’ll see Kelly McCutchen sign […]
February 6, 2017
American Legislative Exchange Council Highlights Georgia Pre-arrest Diversion Program
How do you prevent offenders from being handcuffed or arrested? Matthew Standsberry of the American Legislative Exchange Council wrote about pre-arrest diversion programs in Fulton County, Ga., in a February […]
January 13, 2017
Friday Facts: January 13, 2017
It’s Friday! Events January 26: The National School Choice Week Leadership Breakfast is keynoted by education expert Dr. Ben Scafidi, who will unveil his study on the real numbers of […]
October 30, 2015
Opportunity’s Knocking Hard at Georgia’s Door
Economic opportunity still lags the nation in Georgia. By Benita M. Dodd Six years after the economic downturn, the job market for able-bodied adults in Georgia remains one of the worst […]
September 25, 2015
Reforming Medicaid with Technology
Integrating health IT into Medicaid could actually address many of the challenges faced by the Medicaid population. By Merrill Matthews Every state is looking for ways to reduce its Medicaid […]
June 19, 2014
“What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate”
Astonishingly, thirteen states do not track and report out their juvenile justice recidivism rates, says the Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew says Georgia is one of the best at data reporting. […]
December 20, 2013
Framework Established for 2014 Criminal Justice Reform
Georgia would “Ban the Box” and take a deeper dive into return-to-prison recidivism rates under two preliminary recommendations approved this week by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform. By […]
October 29, 2013
We can STOP the “You Can’t” Firewall in Higher Education
American universities are widely regarded as the world’s gold standard, but they have their foundation cracks, including a 30 percent graduation rate that is far from the world’s leaders. Scandinavian […]
August 16, 2013
Friday Facts: August 16, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.” – Calvin Coolidge “If I had […]
March 12, 2013
Pew Poll: Solid Real World Support for Juvenile Justice Reform
Georgians appear ready to embrace juvenile justice reforms that would focus the state’s lock-ups on higher-level offenders and put new emphasis on less expensive and more effective community resources for […]
January 29, 2013
Checking Up On Health: January 29, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Glossary for the health care law: The Associated Press has helpfully compiled a list of explanations of the terms you should know […]
December 20, 2012
Public Sector Pension Plans to Face Tighter Scrutiny
By Steve Metz Government pension plans have been in the news a great deal the past few years and it hasn’t been pretty – due in large part to poor […]
December 12, 2012
Special Council Proposes Two Tiers for Juvenile Felonies
Georgia would establish a two-tiered system for felonies committed by juveniles younger than 18 years old if legislators adopt recommendations contained in a draft report. The Foundation reviewed a partial […]
December 7, 2012
Friday Facts: December 7, 2012
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer … [taking] away from before […]
October 4, 2012
Friday Facts: October 5, 2012
It’s Friday! Events October 16: The deadline is Friday, October 12, to register for “A Portrait of The Iron Lady,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon and Book Forum keynoted by […]
September 7, 2012
The Unique Challenge of Georgia Juvenile Repeat Crime
By Mike Klein The devil is always in the details and sometimes details are like trying to put lipstick on a pig. The recidivism rate for Georgia juveniles is a […]
July 18, 2012
Special Council on Criminal Justice Turns its Attention to Kids
By Mike Klein One challenge in almost every policy discussion is how to make the numbers mean something. So, let’s hope these numbers mean something. The annual cost to fully […]
June 18, 2012
Did Longer Time Served Reduce Crime or Just Cost Money?
By Mike Klein During the past five years there has been extensive discussion in Georgia and nationally about the relationship between prison costs and public safety. Texas and Kansas were […]
May 16, 2012
Medicaid Dominated when Deal Advisors Took Questions
By Mike Klein Medicaid is a beast. About one-in-five Georgians receives Medicaid health care. That is 1.7 million people. Fifty-nine percent of statewide births are Medicaid babies. Another couple hundred […]
February 20, 2012
Long Awaited Criminal Justice Reform Expected This Week
By Mike Klein Georgia’s criminal justice reform initiative has flown stealth-like under the radar since November when a special council delivered its report. That will change soon, perhaps later this […]
December 12, 2011
Less Time, More Treatment Possible for Low-Risk Drug Abuse
Next month the Georgia legislature will begin to consider whether substance abusers who are not a public safety risk should receive a stay out of jail card. How lawmakers decide […]
November 15, 2011
Waiting for Georgia Corrections Reform Recommendations …
Sometime soon – maybe this week – Georgians will get their first glimpse at adult corrections reform ideas that are essential to restore fiscal sanity to runaway costs, maintain appropriate […]
September 16, 2011
Is Juvenile Justice the Missing Link in Corrections Reform?
Golfers love being on the leader board. Corrections officials, not so much as there is nothing to celebrate about Georgia being the national leader with the highest percentage of its […]
August 3, 2011
Georgia Has Good Reason to Be Wary of Super Committee
News generally breaks down into two kinds: good and bad. The good news on Tuesday was the United States of America did not default on its financial obligations, although a […]
July 13, 2011
Corrections Reform: Do We Prefer Taxpayers or Tax Burdens?
Originally published April 21, 2010 Each day across Georgia, the state Department of Corrections prepares three meals per day to feed a population that is nearly equal to the number […]
July 13, 2011
Have Tough Crime Initiatives Gone Past Diminishing Returns?
Originally published December 12, 2010 Georgia has a significant corrections system challenge and there’s no getting around that fact. Nationally one in every 100 adults is behind state prison or […]
July 13, 2011
Adults in Corrections Would Fill the Georgia Dome Three Times
Originally published April 18, 2011 Georgia lawmakers introduced 945 bills this year. One that passed will fast track review of the state’s $1 billion per year corrections system costs with […]
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