September 24, 2012
By Lawrence W. Reed With so much talk these days of scandal, incompetence and failed programs, trust in government is on the ropes. To some people, this development is lamentable. […]
September 23, 2012
All new videos produced by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation are posted to our YouTube channel. This file primarily contains archive material that migrated to YouTube. Some video products are located on […]
September 11, 2012
(Editor’s Note: Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court health care law decision impact at the 2012 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on Friday, September 21 at the W […]
August 24, 2012
August 24, 2012 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note Correction: Two of the Quotes of Note in last week’s Friday Facts were incorrectly attributed to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. Our […]
August 3, 2012
By Mary Chambers Our favorite sports movies often arise out of stories of hardship: the athletes who were told they couldn’t or shouldn’t play but proved everyone wrong. All of these […]
June 29, 2012
It’s Friday! Quotes of note – “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” – George Bernard Shaw – “And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can […]
June 29, 2012
By Ron Bachman Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it is the undisputed law of the land. The alliance of […]
May 16, 2012
By Mike Klein Medicaid is a beast. About one-in-five Georgians receives Medicaid health care. That is 1.7 million people. Fifty-nine percent of statewide births are Medicaid babies. Another couple hundred […]
April 27, 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 24, 2012
By Allen Buckley While President Obama’s recent displeasure with the U.S. Supreme Court’s power to determine the constitutionality of the health care law is well documented, less documented are his […]
April 9, 2012
By Eric Wearne Eric Wearne, Senior Fellow, Georgia Public Policy Foundation Harvard University Professor Clayton M. Christensen argues in his book Disrupting Class and elsewhere that the best and most long-lasting […]
April 4, 2012
By James H. Rust While campaigning in San Francisco during the Democratic Party primaries in January 2008, presidential candidate Obama told The San Francisco Chronicle editorial board, “So if somebody wants […]
March 30, 2012
By Mike Klein The final breath has been drawn by this year’s Georgia General Assembly. Here is what lawmakers did on seven issues that are closely tracked by the Georgia […]
March 27, 2012
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 27, 2012
By Mike Klein Georgia criminal justice reform has passed both chambers but the House would need to agree to substitute legislation because the Senate added seven amendments when it passed […]
March 26, 2012
By Mike Klein Georgia’s current sixth graders will start high school with more digital learning options. Monday the House passed Senate legislation to expand those resources and prohibit local systems […]
March 23, 2012
It’s Friday! Quotes of note – “More frightening than any particular beliefs or policies is an utter lack of any sense of a need to test those beliefs and policies […]
March 22, 2012
by Mike Klein Georgia General Assembly sessions usually move at NASCAR speed into the final few days but some of the highest profile pieces are finished before next week’s final […]
March 21, 2012
By Mike Klein The second version of criminal justice reform legislation is better than its earlier cousin because of what the bill does not include – hundreds of lines of […]
March 20, 2012
By Mike Klein Georgia online shoppers could begin to notice changes in their internet purchase sales taxes three months sooner than originally announced. The new effective date would be October […]
March 20, 2012
By Mike Klein The Georgia House overwhelmingly approved tax reform legislation Tuesday afternoon, sending the bill to the Senate on the wings of a powerful 155 – 9 bipartisan victory […]
March 20, 2012
Senate Democrats crossed the charter schools political divide to assure Georgia voters will decide in November whether the state shall be allowed to approve charter schools. By Mike Klein Senate […]
March 19, 2012
By Mike Klein Georgia online shoppers would be required to pay state sales tax for more purchases starting on New Year’s Day 2013 if tax reform legislation unveiled on Monday […]
March 16, 2012
By Mike Klein Georgia legislators have begun to remove shackles that prevented the Georgia Virtual School from achieving its vast potential to help connect students with digital learning. Two bills […]
March 14, 2012
By Mike Klein The next version of criminal justice reform legislation should look more like last year’s special council recommendations without extra window dressing that somehow worked its way into […]
March 12, 2012
By Mike Klein There are many different kinds of snakes and though I like none of them, I am willing to concede that some can attack and kill you while […]
March 5, 2012
By Kelly McCutchen and John Berlau The news that Bank of America is again testing new fees is likely to prompt even more consumers, in Georgia and other states, to […]
March 2, 2012
By Kelly McCutchen and John Berlau The news that Bank of America is again testing new fees is likely to prompt even more consumers, in Georgia and other states, to […]
February 29, 2012
By Mike Klein Thursday morning a House and Senate special committee will gather to discuss mission creep. That is not the official name of the hearing, also known as the […]
February 29, 2012
By Mike Klein The most sweeping juvenile justice reform legislation since Jimmy Carter was Governor sailed through the Georgia House on Wednesday afternoon, passing 172-0. It moves to the Senate […]
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