October 23, 2020
Friday Facts: October 23, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.” – Vince Lombardi “Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.” – Keith Ellison “If […]
Topic: Texas
August 28, 2020
Friday Facts: August 28, 2020
It’s Friday! The 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum ended this week after eight sessions that began July 15. Click on the links to view each session – Zoom webinars – […]
August 21, 2020
Friday Facts: August 21, 2020
It’s Friday! The 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum enters its final week! Click on the links for information and registration for next week’s Zoom sessions: August 25 panel discussion: “Healthcare: […]
February 14, 2020 • Commentary
Put the Brakes on High-Speed Rail in Georgia
Every few years, high-speed rail advocates arrive in Georgia and argue for high-speed rail. Supposedly, Atlanta and the state as a whole will not become a world
February 7, 2020
Friday Facts: February 7, 2020
It’s Friday! For the third consecutive year, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has been named one of the world’s “Best Independent Think Tanks!” In a survey released last week, the […]
January 17, 2020
Friday Facts: January 17, 2020
It’s Friday! January 28: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner is almost here! The deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday, January 22. Join the […]
December 20, 2019 • Friday Facts
December 20, 2019
It’s Friday! News and events January 28, 2020: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates 29 years of policy over politics with an Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner in the […]
December 13, 2019
Friday Facts: December 13, 2019
It’s Friday! News and events January 28, 2020: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates 29 years of policy over politics with an Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner in the […]
November 8, 2019 • Commentary
Good News on Georgia Economic Freedom and Opportunity
The news gets better by the day for Georgia. In the same week Site Selection magazine pronounced Georgia the best state for business – for the seventh year in a […]
October 11, 2019 • Commentary
Occupational Licensing, an Issue Overdue for Review
It’s bad enough that almost half a million Georgians – about 1 in 10 of us with a job – need the government’s permission to work in their chosen field. […]
September 13, 2019
Friday Facts: September 13, 2019
It’s Friday! Events September 18: Register by Monday to attend “License to Work,” a Foundation noon Policy Briefing Luncheon with the Georgians First Commission task force, focused on occupational licensing […]
August 31, 2019
Federal Tax Reform Opens Opportunities for Georgia and for Rural Georgia
Most experts agree that recent federal tax reforms will put pressure on high tax states to either reduce taxes or continue to lose residents fleeing to lower tax states. The […]
August 30, 2019
Friday Facts: August 30, 2019
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “We would never refuse to take a trip to the store for an adult who asked. We knew that we were not to litter or […]
August 23, 2019
Friday Facts: August 23, 2019
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Freedom brings men rudely and directly face to face with their own personal responsibility for their own free actions.” – Frank Meyer “Conservatives pride themselves […]
June 28, 2019
Friday Facts: June 28, 2019
It’s Friday! Events November 15: Early Bird registration is open for the 2019 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which takes place Friday, November 15, at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. The theme […]
May 31, 2019
Friday Facts: May 31, 2019
It’s Friday! Events June 13-15: Join FEEcon, the Foundation for Economic Education’s third annual conference at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. Talks, practical skill-building and networking with movers and shakers […]
May 30, 2019 • Blog
Public Transportation’s Myths and Tall Tales
Public transportation ridership has become a confusing mishmash of data as metrics change, and not toward transparency and accountability for the funds spent. Fortunately, the media have come to realize they’re […]
May 30, 2019 • Press Release
2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum Speaker Biographies
Judge Steven C. Teske, Morning Keynote Speaker Judge Steven C. Teske is the Chief Judge of the Juvenile Court of the Clayton Judicial Circuit. He was appointed juvenile court judge […]
April 30, 2019
Federal Tax Reform Opens Opportunities for Georgia and for Rural Georgia
Most experts agree that recent federal tax reforms will put pressure on high tax states to either reduce taxes or continue to lose residents fleeing to lower tax states. The […]
April 12, 2019
Georgia Needs an Earnest Effort at Tax Reform
Nearly a decade ago, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue created the Georgia Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness, “to examine the tax code of Georgia, review it for fairness, and […]
March 1, 2019
Friday Facts: March 1, 2019
It’s Friday! Events March 21: “Shining a Light on Government,” a Leadership Breakfast with Richard Belcher of WSB-TV in celebration of Sunshine Week on Thursday, March 21, at the Georgian […]
January 4, 2019
Friday Facts: January 4, 2018
It’s Friday! Events January 22: “National School Choice Week: A Capitol Choice,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Tuesday, January 22. The event is in the Empire Room, 20th floor, Sloppy […]
October 31, 2018
Georgia’s Economic Freedom: Mostly Better
Georgia’s national ranking in the Economic Freedom of North America is unchanged over last year, at No. 7 in the 2018 report released by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and […]
September 21, 2018
Friday Facts: September 21, 2018
It’s Friday! Subscribe to the Friday Facts here. Support the Foundation and its mission here. Quotes of note “Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the […]
September 7, 2018
Friday Facts: September 7, 2018
It’s Friday! Events We’re at the 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum today. Are you? The daylong conference at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel features an exciting lineup of experts on […]
September 7, 2018
What Goes Into Education Rankings Affects What Comes Out
By Benita M. Dodd In 2017, U.S. World and News Report’s ranking of the best states to live featured not a single Southern state in the top 10. Georgia, at […]
August 17, 2018
2018 Forum Focuses on Georgia’s Imminent Challenges
Policy experts take on education, health care, criminal justice and pensions. By Benita M. Dodd Four issues; four times as many experts. In a nutshell, that’s the 2018 Georgia Legislative […]
June 6, 2018
Council’s Misdemeanor Bail Reform Proposals
A summary of the misdemeanor bail reform findings and recommendations from the February 2018 Report of the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform (pages 25-39). By Sophia Strickland The Georgia […]
February 13, 2018
News Release: Foundation Hosts Event on Teacher Pension Reform
News Release | For Immediate Release February 13, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd (404-256-4050) Foundation Hosts February 20 Event on Georgia Teacher Pension Reform Atlanta – In 2017, Georgia’s budget included $223 million for the […]
February 9, 2018
Why Conservatives Should Support Criminal Justice Reform
Prisons cannot be mere people warehouses. By Jerry Madden Criminal justice reform may wind up being the most significant conservative policy change in Washington this year. That may sound surprising […]
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