March 14, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 14, 2025
Crossover Day marked the beginning of the end of this year’s legislative session.
Topic: United States Senate
March 13, 2025 • Commentary
The home stretch: The legislative session after Crossover Day
Beyond being the point when bills must pass out of their respective chambers to remain alive, last Thursday further clarified this legislature’s priorities.
March 12, 2025 • Blog
Markets shift but bureaucracy only grows
A once-thriving suburban mall struggles with unpaid bills, symbolizing the shift in markets—while bureaucracy keeps growing, untouched by consumer choice.
March 8, 2025 • Blog
At The Capitol: Crossover Day
Lawmakers hit Crossover Day on Thursday, providing us with a good idea of the legislature’s priorities for the remainder of the session.
March 1, 2025 • Blog
At the Capitol, Legislative Days 22-25
The Senate advanced Red Tape Reform this week.
February 26, 2025 • Commentary
Tort reform advances. What’s next?
Gov. Brian Kemp’s push to curb abusive lawsuits cleared a significant hurdle this past week.
February 22, 2025 • Blog
At The Capitol, Legislative Days 18-21
Tort reform advanced out of the Senate and heads to the House.
February 21, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 21, 2025
Regulatory reform discussions came to Georgia this week.
February 15, 2025 • Blog
At The Capitol, Legislative Days 14-17
Lawmakers advanced tort reform and tax relief measures this week.
February 8, 2025 • Blog
At The Capitol, Legislative Days 10-13
Lawmakers wrapped up the 13th day of the legislative session on Thursday, meaning they are about one-third of the way through the 2025 session.
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.
February 1, 2025 • Blog
At The Capitol: Legislative Days 6-9
Lawmakers returned to the Capitol this week after inclement weather throughout the state postponed budget hearings that were supposed to be held last week.
January 17, 2025 • Blog
At The Capitol: Legislative Days 1-5
The 40-day Georgia legislative session gaveled in on Monday, January 13 and legislators quickly handled ceremonial and preliminary duties.
January 17, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 24, 2025
Gov. Brian Kemp delivered his penultimate State of the State address with the usual list of goals and priorities that he’ll pursue over the next few months.
January 15, 2025 • Blog
A new legislative session begins as Kemp enters final biennium
Kemp is Georgia’s first governor to be finishing a second consecutive term while clearly eyeing future elected office.
January 3, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 3, 2025
Several states are taking measures to curb overregulation and reduce the size of their regulatory codes.
January 2, 2025
Regulatory reform around the country
Several states are taking measures to curb overregulation and reduce the size of their regulatory codes.
January 2, 2025 • Commentary
A quarter century of change
With 2024’s close, a quarter of the years beginning with “20” are now complete.
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.
December 13, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 13, 2024
The announcement of plans for a Department of Government Efficiency, or simply DOGE, by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy is nothing short of audacious.
November 20, 2024 • Commentary
Institutions worth preserving have to be defended
The Founders didn’t invent the filibuster, but they did want to make it difficult to change federal law.
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.
November 8, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 8, 2024
With most of the 2024 election coverage focused on the vote for president, we wanted to provide some insight into what happened at the state level.
November 7, 2024 • Commentary
Republicans maintain legislative majorities. What else happened on Election Day?
While none of the statewide constitutional officers were on the ballot this year, every member of the legislature faced the voters.
November 6, 2024 • Blog
The election is over. Let’s focus on policy.
Now, in Washington and in Georgia, we need to turn our attention to policy, something that wasn’t always present in the campaign.
October 16, 2024 • Commentary
Lowering the stakes of presidential elections
For decades Americans have heightened the stakes of presidential elections by giving Washington more power.
June 27, 2024 • Commentary
Should the General Assembly regulate AI?
We have far more to gain from AI than we have to lose, and policymakers should embrace the opportunity.
June 13, 2024 • Commentary
Tort reform and Georgia’s judicial nightmare
In 2023, Georgia had the dubious honor of topping the American Tort Reform Association’s list of the country’s “Judicial Hellholes.”
May 30, 2024 • Commentary
Another crack at reforming occupational licensing?
A joint committee will review reported issues with the Secretary of State's Professional Licensing Boards Division.
May 3, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 3, 2024
We all know the federal government is a mess. What can we do?
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