In each test and at each grade level, Georgia’s students have significantly improved their ranking compared to other states. By Kelly McCutchen Where does Georgia rank in education? Most people […]
It’s Friday! Events June 23-25: The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism’s Sixth Annual IHC Forum & Expo in Atlanta highlights the innovations and changes in health and benefits. Register by May […]
May is Asthma Awareness Month; government isn’t helping. Also, should airlines ban ill customers? Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd May is Asthma Awareness Month. […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If […]
Mercatus study highlights need for reform in Georgia’s certificate-of-need program. GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release March 31, 2015 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Mercatus […]
Did you know that nine out of 10 ER docs admit to ordering unnecessary tests? Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Buyer beware: A news article […]
National energy policy directly affects jobs and business in Georgia. By Benita M. Dodd Georgia boasts no native sources of fossil fuel – coal, natural gas or oil – yet […]
Many raise bogeymen in arguments against parental choice in education. By Benjamin Scafidi Two bills in the Georgia Legislature would allow thousands of Georgia parents the opportunity to choose better […]
Measles comes to Georgia and more. Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Georgians learned this week that the state has its first confirmed case of measles […]
It’s Friday! Events February 18: Find out what matters in transportation funding for Georgia at, “Transportation Money Matters,” the Foundation’s February 18 Leadership Breakfast. A panel discussion by Kelly McCutchen […]
Upcoming event with Attorney General Sam Olens and updates about ObamaCare, telehealth and the EPA. Health Policy News and Views By Benita M. Dodd As the U.S. Supreme Court mulls a […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” – Calvin […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.” […]
“In this country, anyone should be free to talk, just as anyone should be free not to listen.” “We shouldn’t need a license to tell a story” The Institute for […]
‘Poverty’ gets harder to define in a changing world. By Harold Brown You know poverty is losing ground when the rhetoric changes to “income inequality.” Over the past 10 years, […]
It’s Friday! Kudos Rogers Wade, Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and former president of the Foundation, was presented with the University of Georgia Blue Key Service Award on […]
Clint Bolick is universally regarded as one of the greatest school choice legal minds in the country. Bolick delivered the Education Keynote Address at the 2014 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum […]
Friday Facts September 5, 2014 It’s Friday! Thursday, September 11, is the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks that forever changed this nation. Aaron Maclean wrote recently for the Washington […]
“Every year, the Forum is a unique opportunity to bring innovative ideas directly to Georgia leaders.” For more information on the Georgia Legislative Policy Forum and to register, click here or […]
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Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The biggest health story in a while is happening right here in Georgia, as Ebola makes its first official appearance in […]
Hundreds of Georgia students who received tax credit scholarships last year will receive either reduced help or no help this year. By Foundation Editor Mike Klein. By Mike Klein Carlethia […]
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd In case you missed it: There were two rulings today regarding the Affordable Care Act. In the biggest ruling yet […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “For nearly 40 years, it’s pretty much been all reform, all the time for the nation’s public school students, teachers, and parents. Many of the […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The appropriation of public money always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill.” – Calvin Coolidge “[T]hinking that more federal […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The fundamental premise upon which the Great Society vision for America was conceived is the idea of political paternalism. Good men, with enough political power, […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “[N]ow that I am drawing to the close of this work, in which I have spoken of so many important things done by the Americans, […]
If anything drives transportation policy as a solution to congestion and mobility challenges in Georgia, it should be the recommendations in a new report from the Washington, D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise […]
The Atlanta Business Chronicle of April 13 quoted Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd in an “Atlanta awaits new streetcar,” an article on the Atlanta Streetcar. By H.M. Cauley At age […]
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd “Health Reform 2.0: The Great Debate”: Are you a member of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation? If so, it gets […]
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