April 5, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 5, 2024
The prospects for meaningful property tax reform seemed promising at the beginning of the session.
Topic: Tax reform
April 4, 2024 • Commentary
What happened with property tax reform this year?
This truly seemed like one of those legislative sessions when everything was aligned for meaningful property tax reform.
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.
March 22, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 22, 2024
Georgia will soon require companies that receive taxpayer incentives to hold secret ballot elections for union representation.
March 15, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of March 11
The 2024 session continues to tick by as lawmakers completed Legislative Day 35 on Thursday.
March 15, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 15, 2024
Lawmakers move bills on school choice and CON. But what do those bills look like?
March 8, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of March 4
Since Crossover Day, lawmakers have been busy working on bills that passed the other chamber as we close in on Sine Die.
March 8, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 8, 2024
Now that we are past Crossover Day, what will the final weeks of this session hold?
March 7, 2024 • Commentary
2024 legislative session enters final stretch
With Crossover Day now in the rearview and candidate qualifying ending this week, what will the final weeks of this session hold?
March 6, 2024 • Commentary
Lawmakers avoid making long-term obligations with temporary surpluses
In total, Gov. Brian Kemp signed an amended budget for the current year that spends almost $5.5 billion more than the original plan.
March 1, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 1, 2024
When it comes to state income taxes, Georgia competes in a low-tax region.
February 29, 2024 • Commentary
Next steps in Georgia tax reform
The significant tax reforms Georgia enacted in 2022 were a good start, but new reforms will make the state even more economically competitive.
February 23, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of February 19
Things are as busy as ever at the Capitol, as we are now only one week away from Crossover Day.
February 23, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 23, 2024
Georgia Public Policy Foundation has compiled the data the Department of Education did not release and have made it available for you.
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.
February 9, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of February 5
Lawmakers are busy as they near the halfway point of the 2024 legislative session.
February 7, 2024 • Commentary
Prudent tax reforms are more than welcome
Is there any relief in sight to growing property tax bills?
January 26, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of January 22
Lawmakers convened for Days 6-10 of the 2024 legislative session this week.
January 10, 2024 • Blog
This “could” be a big legislative session
While every session of the General Assembly – like every election – is billed as consequential, this time the hype could be right.
January 5, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 5, 2024
What issues will lawmakers want to tackle in an election year?
January 4, 2024 • Commentary
What will be the biggest issues during the 2024 legislative session?
For the first time since 2021, Georgia lawmakers won’t rush to gavel out on their first day and travel to the national championship game.
December 5, 2023 • Blog
‘Once in a lifetime’ opportunity
Georgia has a rare opportunity for significant tax reforms that will benefit all Georgians.
October 26, 2023 • Blog
11 spooky policy ideas to avoid
Here are 11 spooky policy ideas we should all run from like a man in a mask is chasing us.
June 15, 2023 • Commentary
Georgia legislature begins review of state tax credits
The largest and most well-known of these programs is the film tax credit, costing the state nearly $900 million last year.
May 10, 2023 • Commentary
Low tax states continue to attract new residents
New residents to Georgia brought a net $1.28 billion increase in adjusted gross income last year.
April 5, 2023 • Commentary
Looking back at the 2023 session
For a one-word description of Georgia’s 2023 legislative session, which ended just after midnight this past Wednesday, one could hardly improve on “almost.”
March 31, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 31, 2023
It’s Friday! It takes 120 votes to pass a bill through the General Assembly: 29 or more in the Senate, and 91 or more in the House. In the waning […]
March 24, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 24, 2023
It’s Friday! Any hope of reforming the state’s regulatory system for approving new healthcare facilities in 2023 appears to be effectively dead with only two legislative days remaining in the […]
March 17, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 17, 2023
It’s Friday! The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism advanced House Bill 514 this week, legislation limiting the ability of local governments to enact moratoriums on building new housing to no […]
March 15, 2023 • Commentary
New tax reform on the horizon?
There has been much talk about getting to a zero income tax to match neighboring Florida and Tennessee, or just lowering the rate to remain competitive.
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