January 12, 2023 • Blog
What Stetson Bennett can teach us about humility
Stetson Bennett will forever be remembered as the former walk-on who led Georgia to consecutive national championships.
Topic: Tennessee
January 11, 2023 • Commentary
Who will emerge as Georgia’s school choice champion?
Educational freedom has been on quite a roll in recent years. Just not in Georgia.
October 19, 2022 • Commentary
A Report Card for Governors’ Fiscal Policy
See how Brian Kemp stacks up against his peers when it comes to taxes, spending and budgeting.
September 15, 2022 • Blog
Georgia’s Obsolete CON
Certificate of Need is a statutory relic. Those days are gone, but CON is still with us.
August 17, 2022 • Blog
‘Defend Our Hospitals’ by Dismantling CON
Certificate of Need harms Georgians when it's used by outside interests, but also when it's used by other Georgia hospitals.
August 12, 2022 • Commentary
What It Will Take to Finally Get K-12 Finance Reform in Georgia
State policymakers should get the most bang for their buck by modernizing school funding to better serve kids and improving taxpayer accountability.
July 29, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 29, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The thing I remember best about successful people I’ve met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they’re doing… and it seems […]
July 26, 2022 • Blog
Arizona Leads the Charge on School Choice Policy
As Georgia lawmakers continue to debate the merits and details of school choice, we are in danger of getting left behind.
April 27, 2022 • Blog
Economic Rankings Provide Motivation to States
Florida leads Georgia in the rankings for 2022. So does (gulp) Tennessee. Relax, fellow Bulldogs. I’m not talking about college football, nor do I mean the Gators or the Volunteers. […]
April 22, 2022 • Commentary
A Tennessee Hospital May Keep a Georgia Competitor From Opening, Thanks to This Law
Why would a health system in Tennessee have any legal standing to stop the building of a hospital in Georgia? The answer is Georgia's Certificate of Need.
April 5, 2022 • Press Release
Georgia Public Policy Foundation Praises Decision to Adopt Flat Tax
In a late night flurry of votes, the Senate passed a bill that will gradually drop the state income tax rate from 5.75% to 4.99% by 2029.
March 25, 2022 • Tax Foundation
Georgia Income Tax Reform Would Improve Standing Among Neighbors, Country
Georgia faces stiff competition from its neighbors when it comes to the individual income tax.
March 11, 2022 • Commentary
Georgia Public Policy Foundation Branches Out Into Investigative Journalism, Here is How You Can Help
Traditional methods of journalism are not as traditional as they once were. Georgia Policy is here to change the paradigm.
March 1, 2022 • Blog
What Do Lower Taxes Mean for Georgia Jobs?
How would lowering taxes here affect job growth and help us keep up with neighboring states?
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 28, 2022 • Reason
State-Run Pre-K Resulted in Worse Educational, Behavioral Outcomes for Kids
Biden wants billions for universal preschool, but a new study finds such programs could be harmful for children.
January 14, 2022 • Commentary
Georgia Ranks High on Freedom, but Has Room to Improve
Georgia’s environment of economic freedom is a major contributor to the top-10 ranking.
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
November 11, 2021 • Commentary
Window of Opportunity for Tax Reform in Georgia
Lowering and flattening Georgia’s personal income tax rate could create tens of thousands of jobs within five years, according to a new analysis conducted for t
November 4, 2021 • Blog
Short-Term Rental Regulation: Public Protection or Party Poopers?
Short-term rentals are exploding in popularity, and increasingly on the radar of regulators.
October 15, 2021 • Foundation News
2021 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, Rx for What Ails the State
The past year has been a public policy whirlwind, with COVID-19 affecting where we work and how our children get an education, a winter deep freeze in the Deep
October 14, 2021 • Blog
Georgia is Changing, for Better or for Worse?
Butch Miller got in trouble this past week for saying what a lot of Georgians believe.
September 27, 2021 • Foundation News
Kyle Wingfield’s Remarks at Georgia Policy’s 30th Anniversary Celebration
What follows is an excerpt from President Kyle Wingfield's remarks at the opening of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation's 30th Anniversary Dinner on September
September 24, 2021 • Commentary
Economic Freedom: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
COVID-19’s impact is not yet evident in the 2021 “Economic Freedom of the World” report by Canada’s Fraser Institute published September 14.
August 19, 2021 • Foundation News
Examining Policy Responses to the Pandemic
Covid infections are back on the rise. Georgia’s seven-day moving average of cases as of last Friday was 17 times higher than in late June, when it hit the lowe
August 19, 2021 • Commentary
Study Highlights Wisdom of Georgia’s Measured COVID Response
With the resurgence in COVID-19 cases because of the contagious “delta” variant, some states may be mulling reintroducing restrictions.
July 16, 2021 • Commentary
Georgia’s Healthcare Competitiveness Hobbled by Certificate of Need
When assessing Georgia’s competitiveness with neighboring states, Florida and Tennessee are often positioned as the ideal because neither has a state income tax
June 25, 2021 • Commentary
To Do No Harm, Protect Donor Privacy
Imagine you make a donation to a nonprofit organization that inspired you enough to want to support their good work. Now, imagine this gift became public information. For most people, […]
June 4, 2021
Friday Facts: June 04, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane A legacy of bureaucracy: The obfuscation in data from the Georgia Department of Education is a longstanding problem, as shown in this 1996 letter from the […]
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 […]
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