January 15, 2026 • Commentary
How States Are Reining in Costly Regulations
States are reexamining regulatory structures that hinder growth and innovation
Topic: Texas
November 13, 2025
Four Decades of QBE: How Georgia’s Funding Formula Addresses Poverty
QBE, as currently designed, contributes to keeping some areas continually in poverty.
November 6, 2025
Institutional Investors and Housing Affordability in Metro Atlanta
Georgia Public Policy Foundation examines the role of corporate buyers in housing affordability and homeownership trends.
October 10, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 10, 2025
Georgia has made strong progress in lowering its income tax, but we must go further.
September 11, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia slips in national education freedom rankings
Georgia’s performance, at least relative to other states by the Heritage Report Card’s metrics, is lagging a bit from last year.
September 5, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 5, 2025
Georgians are facing a hard truth about housing: When government ties up supply, prices soar.
July 29, 2025
Short Supply: How Many More Homes Does Georgia Need?
Georgia is growing fast—adding more than a million new residents each decade. But housing construction hasn’t kept pace.
July 25, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 25, 2025
On July 17, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced the creation of the Georgia Senate Committee on Eliminating Georgia’s Income Tax
July 24, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia’s push to zero: Can the state eliminate its income tax?
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced the creation of a committee that will study the elimination of Georgia's income tax.
June 27, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 27, 2025
Taken together, the six policies below provided meaningful financial breathing room.
May 8, 2025 • Commentary
Why are so many data centers popping up in Georgia?
Data centers are facilities filled with thousands of computers that work constantly to store and process information.
April 25, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 25, 2025
It turns out $6,500 goes a long way — especially when you give it to parents instead of bureaucrats.
April 22, 2025 • Blog
Georgia’s economy is strong, but others are getting stronger
For years, Georgia has steadily improved in many ways. But other states are improving even faster.
April 7, 2025 • Commentary
Southern tax reckoning: Georgia risks falling behind
Georgia is used to sitting at the top of the regional heap. But when you occupy that perch, others try to dethrone you.
April 4, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 4, 2025
No matter which issues dominate the headlines during a legislative session, tax policy remains a hardy perennial.
February 7, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 7, 2025
Legislators will soon begin hearings for Gov. Brian Kemp’s much publicized attempt to reform Georgia’s legal system.
January 29, 2025 • Blog
‘Not allowed to know who is funding the lawsuit’
How a new legal scheme threatens Georgia's economy and even national security.
December 19, 2024 • Blog
11 biggest stories of 2024
This year, Georgia Public Policy Foundation once again had our biggest year to date in terms of content produced and consumed.
November 13, 2024 • Commentary
How Trump won Georgia after his defeat in 2020
For the second time in as many statewide elections, Georgia voters contributed to a comeback.
August 28, 2024 • Commentary
How is road building evolving in Georgia?
The Ga. 400 express lanes will utilize a public-private partnership that minimizes taxpayer investments.
August 23, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 23, 2024
Georgia’s teacher pension is not out of the woods and still poses a major risk of unexpected runaway costs.
August 22, 2024 • Commentary
Georgia is home to more than 111,000 government regulations
Our state ranked only in the middle of the regulatory pack with the 26th-most restrictions.
July 26, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 26, 2024
Georgia students will soon be returning to school.
July 17, 2024
New residents resulted in new revenue for Georgia
New residents to Georgia brought with them about $715 million more in adjusted gross income than ex-Georgians took.
April 26, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 26, 2024
What is the future of impact fees in Georgia after a recent Supreme Court ruling?
April 25, 2024 • Commentary
Is this Georgia fee still constitutional?
Until recently, impact fees were believed to be immune from attacks under the Takings Clause of the United States Constitution. What has changed?
April 22, 2024 • Commentary
Georgia should seize the opportunity for deeper tax cuts
Lawmakers continue to cut, albeit in a manner befitting the third word in the state’s motto: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation.
January 25, 2024 • Commentary
Will education choice momentum continue in 2024?
In 2023, the school choice movement made more progress expanding education options than ever before. What will 2024 bring?
January 19, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 19, 2024
Why does Georgia continue to be one of the fastest growing states in the country?
January 18, 2024 • Commentary
Americans are flocking to Georgia seeking economic freedom
There has been significant migration from high-tax and high-regulation states to economically free states with lighter tax and regulatory burdens.
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