November 19, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 19, 2021
Welfare reform and championing the dignity of work have been longtime, linked goals at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation since its founding in 1991, as this
Topic: Robert Poole
November 15, 2021 • Press Release
Study on Mileage-Based User Fees for Georgia Debuts at State Capitol
Transportation Expert to Testify on Mileage-Based User Fees for Georgia
August 9, 2019
Friday Facts: August 9, 2019
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms … disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. … Such laws make things worse […]
April 15, 2016
Friday Facts: April 15, 2016
It’s Friday! Then and Now: In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, Savannah’s new Talmadge Bridge opened to traffic, with a vertical clearance of 185 feet […]
April 17, 2015
Friday Facts: April 17, 2015
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Good teachers are so important to student learning that if the lowest-performing 5 to 7 percent of all teachers were replaced with just average teachers, […]
August 15, 2014
Friday Facts: August 15, 2014
It’s Friday! An important reminder: We want you to continue to receive our updates! To ensure that you receive Foundation e-mails, please add us to your address book or safe […]
February 1, 2013
Friday Facts: February 1, 2013
February 1, 2013 It’s Friday! February 19: Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? Who’s to blame? Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? Find out […]
July 20, 2012
Friday Facts
It’s Friday! Quotes of note – “An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.” – T.S. Eliot – “But […]
April 13, 2012
Friday Facts: April 13th, 2012
It’s Friday! Quotes of note – “Government has an important role in helping develop a country’s economic foundation. But the critical test is whether government is genuinely working to […]
October 12, 2011
State must Ensure Georgians Warm Up to HOT Lanes
By Benita M. Dodd When a 16-mile High-Occupancy toll (HOT) lane demonstration project opened October 1 on Interstate 85 in metro Atlanta, it was no surprise that motorists crawling alongside […]
August 5, 2011
Airport Privatization Could Take Off
By Benita M. Dodd For years, Georgia has been trying to site an airport to supplement Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the busiest passenger airport in the world. Suggestions have been […]
October 15, 2010
Friday Facts: October 15th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “In an open economy, you will never know what is out there on the leading developmental edge of this or that industry. But the reality behind the […]
October 15, 2010
Legislative Policy Briefing Brings Free-Market Experts to Georgia
By Benita M. Dodd The free-market think tanks that focus on state policy issues often exchange and replicate their successful ideas and case studies in effective government. Reinventing the wheel […]
March 2, 2006
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Georgia Moves on Transportation
By Benita M. Dodd Transportation proposals are chasing lawmakers at such an exciting and breathtaking pace this year that the convergence of plans under the Gold Dome seems destined to […]