April 19, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 19, 2024
The federal student loan program is a mess.
Topic: United States
April 12, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 12, 2024
Georgia is not meeting its full potential in making open enrollment programs accessible to students.
April 11, 2024 • Commentary
Making public school open enrollment in Georgia more accessible
Despite the growing popularity of open enrollment programs nationwide, Georgia is not meeting its full potential in making these programs accessible.
April 11, 2024
Report on Georgia’s Open Enrollment Transfer Environment
While Georgia law allows transfers to and from public schools, there are still numerous legal, financial and bureaucratic limitations.
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.
March 29, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 29, 2024
This year, we saw positive movement on school choice, Certificate of Need reform and tax reform.
March 22, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 22, 2024
Georgia will soon require companies that receive taxpayer incentives to hold secret ballot elections for union representation.
March 15, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 15, 2024
Lawmakers move bills on school choice and CON. But what do those bills look like?
March 8, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 8, 2024
Now that we are past Crossover Day, what will the final weeks of this session hold?
March 1, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 1, 2024
When it comes to state income taxes, Georgia competes in a low-tax region.
February 16, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 16, 2024
We can increase housing affordability, not with taxpayer subsidies, but by removing regulations that limit what types of houses can be built and where.
February 14, 2024 • Commentary
2024 legislative session hits midpoint this week
Georgia’s 2024 legislative session hits its midpoint this week. As usual, the second half will be far more active and intense than the first.
February 8, 2024 • Commentary
Gov. Kemp and Georgia legislators are protecting workers’ right to privacy in union elections
Georgia is poised to implement a law that protects workers’ right to a private vote for companies that receive taxpayer incentives.
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.
February 1, 2024 • Commentary
Cobb County transit plan has a lot to like but also potential problems
Rather than stage another MARTA referendum, the county is trying a lower-cost approach that adds 108 miles of fixed-route service.
January 26, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 26, 2024
This week we celebrate National School Choice Week in Georgia.
January 24, 2024 • Commentary
Georgia continues to show D.C. how government should be run
The divergent realities of our state and federal governments were again on full display this past week.
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 18, 2024 • Commentary
Americans are flocking to Georgia seeking economic freedom
There has been significant migration from high-tax and high-regulation states to economically free states with lighter tax and regulatory burdens.
January 5, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 5, 2024
What issues will lawmakers want to tackle in an election year?
December 28, 2023 • Blog
What we can learn from tradition
Every time you stream a song by Bing Crosby or the Ronettes, you’re re-counting the votes of those who came before you.
December 22, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 22, 2023
2023 will be remembered as the costliest Christmas ever.
December 15, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 15, 2023
When it comes to analyzing the available data on student outcomes for college and career academies, we found two main obstacles. What are they?
December 8, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 8, 2023
Georgia policymakers may be asked to consider a potential expansion of the state Medicaid program using Arkansas as the model.
December 7, 2023 • Commentary
Will Medicaid expansion make its way to Georgia?
Georgia policymakers may be asked to consider a potential expansion of the state Medicaid program using Arkansas as the model. But should they?
December 7, 2023 • Blog
Missing MARTA money and crooked officers of the law headline this month’s waste, fraud and abuse
A review of the latest stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
November 30, 2023
Report on Georgia’s College and Career Academies
Executive Summary College and career academies offer unique development opportunities to Georgia’s high school students and stand to benefit local economies through the fulfillment of workforce needs. The program is […]
November 22, 2023 • Blog
Thankful to be a Georgian
Georgia’s history represents all that is tragic and triumphant in America’s story, with ample opportunity to learn from both.
November 17, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 17, 2023
Education leaders have descended upon Atlanta for ExcelInEd’s National Summit on Education.
November 16, 2023 • Commentary
6 Reasons to Empower Georgia Parents
Education freedom is about empowering parents and students to choose an education that best fits their needs.
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