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Georgia Works: A Growing Impact On The Dignity of Work
A little over a year ago, Georgia Public Policy Foundation President Kelly McCutchen’s commentary, “The Dignity of Work,” shared the scope and vision of the nonprofit organization Georgia Works. In...
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Friday Facts: September 16, 2016
It’s Friday: Happy Constitution Day AND Citizenship Day! Just nine more days of Early Bird Rate for the Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award on November 11. The keynote...
View ArticleU.S. News & World Report Publishes on Education Funding
The September 20, 2016, edition of U.S. News & World Report published, “More Money, Same Problems,” an article by Georgia Public Policy Foundation Senior Felow Ben Scafidi and American Enterprise...
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Friday Facts: September 23, 2016
It’s Friday! Sunday’s the deadline for the Early Bird Rate! Reserve your seat at the Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award on November 11, Veterans Day. The keynote...
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A 25th Celebration of Private Enterprise, Education Innovation and Economic...
By Benita M. Dodd BENITA DODD As the Georgia Council on Economic Education tells it, in 1962, a young professor from Georgia State College addressed the Rebel Chapter of the Young Presidents...
View ArticleMarietta Daily Journal Editorial Quotes Foundation on Consulting Costs
The Marietta Daily Journal’s editorial in the Sunday edition of September 25, 2016 quoted Georgia Public Policy Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd on the cost of consultants in Cobb County. (Dodd...
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Checking Up On Health: September 28, 2016
Health News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd BENITA DODD Get ready to see pink ribbons everywhere in October. Breast Cancer Month is October, and Breast Cancer Day is celebrated Saturday. Get ready...
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Friday Facts: September 30, 2016
It’s Friday! November 11: John Stossel of “Stossel” on Fox Business Network is the keynote speaker at the Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award on Veterans Day. The...
View ArticleObscure State Laws Hurt Patients, Make Hospitals Worse
By Christopher Koopman and Thomas Stratmann Comparing states with and without certificate-of-need laws provides us with a unique window into how providers would react in a world without CON laws: When...
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Friday Facts: October 7, 2016
It’s Friday! Hurricane Matthew State of emergency: As Hurricane Matthew approached the East Coast, Governor Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in 13 Georgia coastal and rural counties. Mandatory...
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President’s Letter: Join Our Birthday Celebration November 11
Twenty-five years. A quarter of a century. It’s hard to believe the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has been around that long. In exactly one month – November 11 – we’re having a birthday celebration,...
View ArticleAtlanta Business Chronicle Quotes Foundation on Toll Lane Network
Dave Williams of The Atlanta Business Chronicle quotes Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd extensively in an article in the October 14-20, 2016, edition about the express toll lanes under...
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December 8 Leadership Breakfast: What’s Next for Education?
Atlanta – Governor Nathan Deal’s Opportunity School District proposal was outdone by the National Education Association’s nearly $5 million opposition campaign and outvoted 60-40 percent on November 8....
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Friday Facts: December 2, 2016
It’s Friday! Events Did you attend our 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award on November 11? Click here to view photographs from the event! December 8: The deadline is Tuesday to...
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Friday Facts: December 9, 2016
It’s Friday! Events Dr. David Martin of the Georgia Council on Economic Education (left) congratulates Dr. Michael Mescon, recipient of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s Freedom Award, at the...
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The Glacial Update of Georgia’s Water Plan
By Benita M. Dodd BENITA DODD Imagine a group project today where everyone must put their electronic devices in a basket and use a blackboard, notepad, pencil, slide rule or manual typewriter. Consider...
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Foundation Celebrates 25 Years, Honors Dr. Michael H. Mescon
GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2016 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or benitadodd@georgiapolicy.org Foundation Celebrates 25 Years, Honors Dr....
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New Year, Same Old Streetcar Named Disaster
By Benita M. Dodd Atlanta’s Streetcar System, three years later, still is nothing to brag about. Today the city of Atlanta begins Year 3 of operating its much-ballyhooed Atlanta Streetcar System, and...
View ArticleFoundation Joins Coalition Asking U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Free Speech
NEWS RELEASE: For Immediate Release January 11, 2017 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or benitadodd@georgiapolicy.org State Think Tanks Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Free Speech Atlanta – The...
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Friday Facts: January 13, 2017
It’s Friday! Events January 26: The National School Choice Week Leadership Breakfast is keynoted by education expert Dr. Ben Scafidi, who will unveil his study on the real numbers of Georgia’s public...
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