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.
Topic: United States Senate
January 17, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 17, 2025
How can school board members serve their fundamental purpose, and how can citizens hold them accountable?
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 10, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 10, 2025
A few issues have been gaining attention for months and figure to be key points of contention once the session kicks off on Jan. 13.
January 9, 2025 • Commentary
Preparing for the 2025 Georgia legislative session
The new year brings a new legislative session and a new crop of issues to be debated in the General Assembly over the next three months.
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 18, 2024 • Commentary
Anything besides providing more opportunities to more students misses the point
There are many good reasons to provide educational options to all children, not just some.
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.
September 27, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 27, 2024
We pray that everyone remains safe from Hurricane Helene.
August 29, 2024 • Commentary
Make it easier to work
An appropriate way to celebrate Labor Day is working to advance policies that will truly empower labor.
August 2, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 2, 2024
How should we view tech and what should the response from government look like?
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 9, 2024 • Blog
Georgia brewers say they’d have more success…in North Carolina
North Carolina's population is slightly smaller than Georgia's yet they have more than twice as many breweries.
May 3, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 3, 2024
We all know the federal government is a mess. What can we do?
May 1, 2024 • Blog
Georgia elections are better-positioned than ever before
When it comes to voting in Georgia, the likelihood of error has gone down as processes and procedures have been tightened up.
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 11, 2024 • Blog
Georgia’s craft brewers and customers thirst for less restrictive laws
Some Georgia craft brewers say their line of work doesn’t live up to its fullest potential. So, who or what do they believe holds them back?
April 5, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 5, 2024
The prospects for meaningful property tax reform seemed promising at the beginning of the session.
April 4, 2024 • Commentary
What happened with property tax reform this year?
This truly seemed like one of those legislative sessions when everything was aligned for meaningful property tax reform.
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