Topic: Walmart

February 18, 2025 • Blog

TORT REFORM: The Georgia law that business owners hate the most

By Chris Butler

Georgia law can hold a business owner civilly liable for a criminal act that happens on his property, one that the business owner had nothing to do with.

November 21, 2024 • Commentary

Tech services expand access to higher education

By J. Thomas Perdue

A healthy university system that offers robust educational pathways and adequately prepares students for work is to the benefit of a state.

October 29, 2024 • Blog

Here’s how frivolous lawsuits against truckers hurt everybody, including you

By Chris Butler

Not all lawsuits are frivolous, but those that are raise costs for all truckers, and by extension, every consumer in Georgia.

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.

August 1, 2024 • Commentary

What do we mean when we talk about tech?

By J. Thomas Perdue

While not quite at the level of Silicon Valley, Atlanta can be frequently found near the top of lists ranking cities for categories like tech innovation.

May 3, 2024 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 3, 2024

We all know the federal government is a mess. What can we do?

November 17, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 17, 2023

Education leaders have descended upon Atlanta for ExcelInEd’s National Summit on Education.

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.

January 7, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: January 07, 2022

By 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

July 23, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 23, 2021

Sometimes, the wheels of change turn exceedingly slow. As early as 1992 (right) – one year after the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was founded – and as recen

May 7, 2021 • Commentary

Don’t Make ‘Work’ a Four-Letter Word

By Benita M. Dodd

For restaurants, the busiest day of the year is Mother’s Day. According to the National Restaurant Association, 10% of consumers will dine out for breakfast, 25

March 21, 2021

Funding Students Instead of Institutions

By Corey A. DeAngelis

This report reviews the evidence on the topic and estimates the long-term economic impacts of funding Georgia students directly.

March 5, 2021 • Commentary

Adding up the Benefits of Education Options

By Dr. Benjamin Scafidi

Proposals in the Georgia General Assembly to give Georgia families more opportunities to choose schools and educational settings for their children have come un

February 28, 2020

Friday Facts: February 28, 2020

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Overall, the evidence indicates that occupational licensing limits workers’ ability to enter professions or move to new areas with greater opportunity.” – Council of Economic […]

January 17, 2020

Friday Facts: January 17, 2020

It’s Friday! January 28: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner is almost here! The deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday, January 22. Join the […]

November 22, 2019

Friday Facts: November 22, 2019

It’s Friday! Events January 28, 2020: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner will take place in the Egyptian Ballroom of the Fox Theatre on Tuesday, […]

November 15, 2019

Friday Facts: November 15, 2019

It’s Friday! Events Today’s the day: The Foundation is hosting the 2019 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. We hope to see you there! January 28, 2020: […]

June 7, 2019

Friday Facts: June 7, 2019

It’s Friday! Have you joined the Foundation on social media? Our Facebook page has 3,500 “likes.” Our Twitter account has 1,897 followers. Click on the links and join Foundation followers in staying abreast of policy […]

May 3, 2019

Friday Facts: May 3, 2019

It’s Friday! Events May 23: “You Can Say That: How Courage Can Defeat Political Correctness,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon with David French of the National Review Institute, on Thursday, […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

October 27, 2017

2017 Forum Delivers Promising Policies on Taxes, Health Care, Education

By Benita M. Dodd With politics and the weather in unusual and untimely states of flux in 2017, the 2017 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum was undoubtedly one of the most […]

June 24, 2016 • Blog

Rome’s Free Clinic: Community Taking Charge

Dr. Leonard Reeves shares an experience that epitomizes his role as president of the Faith and Deeds Community Health free clinic in Rome, Ga. A forklift operator visited the emergency […]

June 3, 2016

Urban Farms: Unlikely Oases in Food Deserts

There’s a reason people left farms to live in the city, and it wasn’t to farm. By Harold Brown “Food desert” is the modern urban description of a supposed area […]

November 18, 2014

Checking Up On Health: November 18, 2014

Guess who’s cashing in on health care for stupid American voters? Health Care News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd I had this visual of net “neutrality” today. It’s […]

October 29, 2014

Never Underestimate the Power of a Field Trip

A student field trip to the museum yields much more than an appreciation for the arts. By Benita M. Dodd Growing up in a dreary, low-income community where even restaurants […]

November 15, 2013

Friday Facts: November 15, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue […]

November 1, 2013

Some Organic Food for Thought

Despite the claims that organic food is safer and more nutritious, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) simply won’t say so. By Harold Brown Despite the claims that organic food […]

May 31, 2013

Friday Facts: May 31, 2013

May 31, 2013 It’s Friday! Tuesday is the registration deadline for the Foundation’s June 6 Leadership Breakfast, “Customize The Class,” 8 a.m. at Cobb County’s Georgian Club. Michael B. Horn, […]

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