August 23, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 23, 2024
Georgia’s teacher pension is not out of the woods and still poses a major risk of unexpected runaway costs.
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May 17, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 17, 2024
Much of this increase in house prices is not due to market forces, but rather dictated by a complex system of regulatory factors that increase costs.
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.
July 21, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 21, 2023
Short-term plan, are not subject to Obamacare rules and are thus much more affordable and flexible for families.
January 7, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 07, 2022
Yesterday, friends and family of the great Johnny Isakson gathered to memorialize the late Republican senator. Read Georgia Policy’s fond memories of our friend
December 17, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 17, 2021
Limited government and fiscal responsibility have been mainstays of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation since its founding in 1991.
April 30, 2021
Friday Facts: April 30, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane: Certificate-of-Need regulations, which govern competition in the healthcare industry, have long been discarded by the federal government. Since its founding in 1991, the Georgia Public Policy […]
January 29, 2021
Friday Facts: January 29, 2021
It’s Friday! Today’s Friday Facts has an education focus, to mark the 11th annual celebration of National School Choice Week, which kicked off January 24. Memory Lane: Education options for […]
May 29, 2020
Friday Facts: May 29, 2020
It’s Friday! This is Week 11 of the Friday Facts’ focus on the coronavirus pandemic across the nation and in Georgia. View previous editions here. View the Foundation’s near-term proposals […]
April 17, 2020 • Commentary
Build the Foundation for a Sound Ongoing COVID-19 Response
State and local government budgets, businesses, families and individuals continue to reel from the effects of the novel coronavirus. The biggest factor is the u
April 3, 2020
Friday Facts: April 3, 2020
It’s Friday! This is the third Friday Facts edition to focus on the coronavirus pandemic gripping the nation and Georgia, and the innovative approaches to reduce its impact. (View the […]
March 27, 2020
Friday Facts: March 27, 2020
It’s Friday! This is the second Friday Facts edition to focus on the coronavirus pandemic gripping the nation and Georgia, and the innovative approaches to reduce its impact. View the […]
December 20, 2019 • Friday Facts
December 20, 2019
It’s Friday! News and events January 28, 2020: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates 29 years of policy over politics with an Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner in the […]
August 23, 2019
Friday Facts: August 23, 2019
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Freedom brings men rudely and directly face to face with their own personal responsibility for their own free actions.” – Frank Meyer “Conservatives pride themselves […]
June 28, 2019
Friday Facts: June 28, 2019
It’s Friday! Events November 15: Early Bird registration is open for the 2019 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which takes place Friday, November 15, at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. The theme […]
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 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 […]
June 8, 2018
Friday Facts: June 8, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Paying people to make it easy not to work – and thus languish for a lifetime in poverty – is not compassionate. It’s destructive of […]
April 22, 2016
Friday Facts: April 22, 2016
It’s Friday! Then and Now: In 1991, when the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, 62.1 percent of Georgia high school students graduated on time. In 2015, even as standards […]
January 15, 2016
Friday Facts January 15, 2016
It’s Friday! Then and Now Did you know? In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, Gov. Zell Miller led the Legislature to approve a lottery for […]