April 3, 2013 • Press Release
Register for April 23 Foundation Event on Telehealth in Georgia
The topic couldn't be more timely: The health care industry has embraced opportunities provided by information technology in numerous ways
Topic: Savannah
January 18, 2013
Friday Facts: January 18, 2013
January 18, 2013 It’s Friday! Events January 24, 2013: The deadline is Tuesday to register for the Foundation’s first Leadership Breakfast of 2013, “Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the […]
December 6, 2012
State Inmates Backlog in Local Jails Is Significantly Down
What you are about to read is a big deal: Georgia has significantly reduced the number of state custody male inmates sitting in local county jails. Georgia corrections commissioner Brian […]
November 16, 2012
African-American Voters Inspired by School Choice
One of the most striking results of the vote on Amendment 1, which was approved by Georgia voters on Tuesday and creates an independent commission to authorize public charter schools […]
October 31, 2012
Creating the Vision for Savannah Classical Academy
My journey through the relatively new world of public charter schools began when my first child was in the fifth grade in 1999 and I began to visit middle schools […]
October 26, 2012
My Charter Schools Journey: Cobb County to Tybee Island
Seventeen years ago I was principal of the first charter school in Georgia. One retirement, one big move and many years later, I find myself once again helping to launch […]
October 9, 2012
Checking Up On Health
Advances in science; spin on the health care law and fraud in government health programs. Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Bed tax,’ again: Andy Miller of Georgia […]
August 30, 2012
Georgia Legislative Policy Forum
2012 Legislative Policy Forum 2012 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum “Wisdom, Justice and Innovation” Bringing the nation’s top experts to Georgia to focus on innovative solutions to Georgia’s challenges Hosted by the Conservative Policy […]
August 23, 2012
Policy Forum Brings Innovative Solutions to Georgia
The Sept. 21 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum will focus on the most anticipated issues under the Gold Dome, offering free-market approaches, limited government solutions and innovations for Georgia that have […]
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 […]
May 23, 2012
Georgia Transportation Investment: A Question of How, Not If
By Baruch Feigenbaum On July 31, 2012, voters in 12 regions in Georgia, including a 10-county Atlanta region, will decide in a referendum whether to enact a 1 percent […]
May 23, 2012
Georgia Transportation Investment: A Question of How, Not If
By Baruch Feigenbaum On July 31, 2012, voters in 12 regions in Georgia, including a 10-county Atlanta region, will decide in a referendum whether to enact a 1 percent […]
May 23, 2012
GETTING GEORGIA GOING: An Analysis of the Referendum On Georgia’s Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax
On July 31, 2012, voters in 12 regions in Georgia, including a 10-county metro Atlanta region, will decide whether to enact a 1 percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax […]
May 7, 2012
Reed: What We Need is More STEAM in Our Classrooms
By Mike Klein Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed thinks our classrooms need more hot air. “We actually need STEAM – science, technology, engineering, arts and math,” Reed told an “Education Nation” […]
April 27, 2012
Friday Facts: April 27th, 2012
It’s Friday! Events – May 23: Ahead of Georgia’s July 31 regional referendum on a penny transportation sales tax, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation hosts a Leadership Breakfast at 8 a.m. on […]
April 16, 2012
Transportation Tax: About Mobility or About Money?
By Benita Dodd The “Untie Atlanta” commercials on radio and TV are nothing if not clever. Frustrated commuters can relate to the visual onslaught on TV of roads tangled in […]
March 27, 2012
Budget Bills Pass; Senate Begins Criminal Justice Debate
Georgia legislators overwhelmingly approved next year’s budget just one day after they voted to pass significant pension investment reform. This afternoon the Senate began discussion of House Bill 1176 criminal […]
March 16, 2012
Friday Facts: March 16th, 2012
It’s Friday! Events – Tuesday is the deadline to register for the Foundation’s March 22 Leadership Breakfast! Just days before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments regarding the constitutionality of the […]
March 14, 2012
Health Care: A Road Map to Innovation
By Ross Mason The United States spent $2.4 trillion on health care in 2011. If that represented a country, it would be the world’s sixth-largest economy. Health care accounted for […]
February 6, 2012
More Robust Rail Strategy Anticipated in State Freight Plan
Georgia has many transportation challenges but with an eye on simplicity, you can group them into about two categories: moving people through congested urban areas and moving freight everywhere. The […]
October 21, 2011
Friday Facts: October 21st, 2011
It’s Friday! – Deadline: Reserve your seat by noon today for the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award dinner. The event begins at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, at the Renaissance […]
July 29, 2011
Friday Facts: July 29th, 2011
It’s Friday! Quotations – “The effect of the people’s agreeing that there must be central planning, without agreeing on the ends, will be rather as if a group of people […]
June 17, 2011
Friday Facts: June 17th, 2011
It’s Friday! Quotations – “I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.” – George Bernard […]
April 29, 2011
Six Ways to Sunday Drives in Georgia Transportation
By Benita M. Dodd Transportation policy may not have been the priority during the legislative session, but in the long shadow of the Gold Dome, proposals, plans, ideas and reports […]
February 1, 2011
Criminal Justice Reform Has Bipartisan Support
Larry Peterson reports in the Savannah Morning News: Gov. Nathan Deal says he's moving ahead to reduce Georgia's prison population by diverting non-violent drug offenders to other programs. Deal touted […]
December 3, 2010
Friday Facts: December 3rd, 2010
It’s Friday! – Today is the deadline to register for, “ABCs+D = The Virtual Success of Digital Learning,“ a Georgia Public Policy Foundation Policy Briefing Luncheon at noon on Tuesday, […]
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 […]
April 29, 2010
Global Trade Recovery Holds Promise for Georgia
By Mike Klein Global trade has begun a steady recovery from worldwide recession that could last for several years, far outpacing anticipated U.S. annual GDP growth and providing […]
April 27, 2010
Freight Logistics Moving in the Right Direction in Georgia
By Mike Klein Think about this image. You are traveling down one of Georgia’s splendid highways and suddenly a train carrying coal hurtles past in a near blur. […]
April 24, 2009
Policy-makers Can Still Move on Transportation in Georgia
By Benita M. Dodd They weren’t playing nice at the Capitol this year, and when legislators grabbed their toys and went home, neither chamber had won the transportation legislation tug-of […]
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