January 25, 2019
Friday Facts: January 25, 2019
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Voters might love transit, but that doesn’t mean they plan to ride it. And transit agencies that appeal to voters with pledges to solve traffic […]
Topic: United States
January 25, 2019
‘Medicare for All’ is Popular Until You Explain How it Works
A new poll shows that a clear majority of Americans support Medicare for All – until they are told what it is and how it would work. By Peter Suderman […]
January 24, 2019
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Publishes Foundation Op-Ed on MARTA ‘moonshot’ proposal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution of January 18, 2019, published an op-ed by Benita Dodd in response to MARTA CEO Jeffrey Parker’s proposal for a $100 billion “moonshot for transit.” The op-ed, […]
January 18, 2019
Faces Behind School Choice are as Diverse as the Options Ahead
The events and activities underscore the need for choice in children’s education: No two children are alike. They learn in different ways, in different environments and at different paces, and […]
January 11, 2019
Friday Facts: January 11, 2019
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 […]
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 […]
December 28, 2018
Friday Facts: December 28, 2018
It’s Friday! A reminder: Your weekly FRIDAY FACTS is made possible by the generosity of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s donors. As the year draws to a close, we ask […]
December 21, 2018
Friday Facts: December 21, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those […]
December 20, 2018
News Release: Foundation Commends Congress for FIRST STEP Act
News Release | For Immediate Release December 20, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd (404-256-4050) Foundation President Kyle Wingfield Commends Congress on FIRST STEP Act Atlanta – Bipartisan passage this week of the FIRST […]
December 14, 2018
Friday Facts: December 14, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Each of us can be happier, and America will start to heal, when we become the kind neighbors and generous friends we wish we had.” […]
December 14, 2018
Five Facts Favoring Education Choice in Georgia
With the turnover under the Gold Dome, however, policymakers risk losing the lessons learned – the hard-won institutional knowledge – that reinforce the need for choice for Georgia’s families. In […]
December 7, 2018
Friday Facts: December 7, 2018
Events January 22, 2019: “National School Choice Week: A Capitol Choice,” is a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Tuesday, January 22, in the Empire Room, 20th floor, Sloppy Floyd Building […]
December 7, 2018
Pearl Harbor Day: A Reminder to Remember
The fires of patriotism must be tended.It was a quiet Sunday morning in beautiful Oahu, Hawaii. Without warning, the peaceful residents in paradise awakened in shock and terror as all […]
November 30, 2018
Friday Facts: November 30, 2018
It’s Friday! This week was Giving Tuesday. Thank you to those who supported Benita Dodd’s special one-day fundraiser for the Foundation; about $6,000 was raised! As promised, the money raised […]
November 23, 2018
Friday Facts: November 23, 2018
It’s Friday! Condolences: We were saddened to hear of the passing this week of former Congressman Mac Collins at age 74. Collins represented a Macon-based U.S. House district from 1992 […]
November 16, 2018
Friday Facts: November 16, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “No Wall of words, no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one […]
November 9, 2018
Friday Facts: November 9, 2018
It’s Friday! Events Sunday is Veterans Day. The federal holiday will be observed Monday. Take a moment to honor our military veterans. “There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that […]
November 2, 2018
Friday Facts: November 2, 2018
It’s Friday! Please support us today when you make an Amazon online purchase. Choose Georgia Public Policy Foundation as your beneficiary at Smile.Amazon and Amazon will send us a contribution […]
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 […]
October 19, 2018
Friday Facts: October 19, 2018
It’s Friday! Events November 8: Mark your calendar for “Brew & Review,” an evening of perspectives on the November 6 election outcome. Hosted by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation on […]
October 5, 2018
Friday Facts: October 5, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon an […]
September 28, 2018
Friday Facts: September 28, 2018
It’s Friday! Subscribe to the Friday Facts here. Support the Foundation and its mission here. Quotes of note “The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, […]
September 28, 2018
Georgia Benefits from Nuclear Plant Expansion
Completion of the nuclear reactor expansion project at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant is still commercially viable, and it will have numerous benefits to the citizens of Georgia and to the […]
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 21, 2018
Puerto Rico’s Steady Decline to ‘Puerto Pobre’ Began Long Before Maria
Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria, but he physical, economic and social destruction caused by Maria followed economic and demographic problems that began long before the hurricane hit. By […]
September 14, 2018
Friday Facts: September 14, 2018
It’s Friday! Events September 21: “Rethinking American Highways,” a Policy Briefing Luncheon and Book Forum with Bob Poole, director of Transportation Policy at Reason Foundation. Among Poole’s policy papers that […]
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 […]
August 31, 2018
Friday Facts: August 31, 2018
It’s Friday! REGISTER NOW! One Day. Four issues. Sixteen Experts. And just one week to the 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum! The daylong conference at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel […]
August 27, 2018
Sen. John McCain: ‘Our wealth and culture are the product of our freedom’
To honor the life and career of John McCain, we share excerpts from his remarks at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 15th anniversary celebration in 2006. By Senator John McCain […]
August 24, 2018
Friday Facts: August 24, 2018
It’s Friday! September 7: The 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum is a daylong conference at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel on Friday, September 7, featuring an exciting lineup of experts […]
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