February 2, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of January 29
There was a somber mood at the State Capitol this week with the passing of Rep. Richard Smith, R-Columbus, early Tuesday morning.
Topic: United States Senate
February 2, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 2, 2024
Cobb County residents will soon be voting on an $11 billion bus-based transit plan.
January 26, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of January 22
Lawmakers convened for Days 6-10 of the 2024 legislative session this week.
January 26, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 26, 2024
This week we celebrate National School Choice Week in Georgia.
January 25, 2024 • Commentary
Will the Georgia legislature cap property tax increases?
Perhaps no public policy debate raises the ire of Georgians quite like property taxes.
January 22, 2024 • Blog
The state of school choice in Georgia
This week is National School Choice Week, in Georgia, and around the country.
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 17, 2024 • Commentary
We have run out of ‘next years’
As House members re-evaluate their position, they should be mindful that the “us versus them” narrative opponents have crafted is utterly false.
January 12, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of January 8
A recap of the first week of the 2024 legislative session in Georgia.
January 12, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 12, 2023
Gov. Kemp makes push for school choice in Thursday's State of the State address.
January 11, 2024 • Commentary
Kemp calls for school choice in State of the State
Gov. Brian Kemp displayed an urgency in his call for school choice this session,
January 10, 2024 • Blog
This “could” be a big legislative session
While every session of the General Assembly – like every election – is billed as consequential, this time the hype could be right.
January 4, 2024 • Commentary
What will be the biggest issues during the 2024 legislative session?
For the first time since 2021, Georgia lawmakers won’t rush to gavel out on their first day and travel to the national championship game.
December 27, 2023 • Blog
11 biggest stories of 2023
As we prepare to welcome in a new year, here is a review of our most read and most shared stories of 2023.
November 17, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 17, 2023
Education leaders have descended upon Atlanta for ExcelInEd’s National Summit on Education.
November 10, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 10, 2023
Gov. Kemp extends suspension of gas tax until the end of November.
November 9, 2023 • Commentary
4 Issues Facing the Buckhead Community in Atlanta
While not taking sides in the debate, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has released a report which offers a fact-based assessment of the key issues.
November 8, 2023 • Blog
Jim Wooten: A beacon of light
Jim’s columns and editorials for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution were path lights for a conservative movement in Georgia.
October 20, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 20, 2023
To explore solutions to housing affordability, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation hosted the first Georgia Housing Summit.
October 5, 2023 • Commentary
Georgia should follow North Carolina and adopt universal school choice
North Carolina recently became the latest state that borders Georgia to pass sweeping education freedom legislation.
September 7, 2023 • Blog
Senate Study Committee holds meeting on Rural Personnel Recruitment
Allowing healthcare providers to practice to the full extent of their education and training was recommended.
September 6, 2023 • Commentary
Discussion on federalism takes center stage at Republican debate
It’s time for those who support limited government to support a return to the appropriate division of labor between Washington, D.C., and the states.
August 25, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 25, 2023
The 2023 Georgia Housing Summit will dive into the issue of housing affordability in Georgia.
August 11, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 11, 2023
A strange tweet by the Republican State Leadership Committee claimed that “Georgia Republicans have made school choice a top priority!”
August 10, 2023 • Blog
Hollywood’s on strike, but will that impact Georgia?
The ripple effects of strikes by Hollywood writers and actors have reached Georgia, but just how far-reaching are they?
August 10, 2023 • Commentary
Republicans’ unearned victory lap on school choice
The Republican State Leadership Committee crediting Georgia Republicans with making school choice a priority seems bizarre.
June 23, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 23, 2023
The end of the public health emergency meant that states would resume doing what they had done for the first 50-plus years of Medicaid.
June 22, 2023 • Blog
Atlanta brewery closes, Georgia’s prohibition era laws partly to blame
Atlanta’s Second Self Beer Company is closing after nine years, partly due to century-old Georgia laws.
June 20, 2023 • Blog
EXCLUSIVE: Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones says new study committees will steer state’s future
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones talks with us about the 2023 legislative session and his future legislative goals.
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