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GA now holds $7.4 billion in its RSR and $1.3 billion in undesignated reserves. With the state’s motor fuel tax currently suspended through Nov 30, we estimate that about $400 million of these funds will be needed to cover lost revenues. Read more:

Read our newest report on what we have learned from the first three years of Pathways to Coverage at

Georgia launched their experiment with a Medicaid work requirement, Pathways to Coverage, in 2023. Three years later only 13% of those eligible are enrolled. Read our newest report here:

GA needs more than a billion $$ next year to keep up with the growing costs of educating our kids, providing health care and meeting other basic needs. At the same time, our state is giving up billions $$ with new income tax cuts that mostly benefit corporations and the wealthy.

RT @iteptweets: The lower your income is, the worse off you are under Trump's policies. Our Federal Policy Director Steve Wamhoff explains, "...they’ve caused increased costs that more than offset those tax cuts by a lot for most people, except for the rich."

A 2024 study led by researchers from the federal government and Yale University found that property tax reductions in Georgia led to home price increases by causing lesser supplies and enticing bidding wars:

RT @NewsHour: More than five million people have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits since President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year.

Georgia must raise additional revenue to meet the basic needs of a growing state. Read our full statement on agency requests here:

GBPI is hiring a Senior Education Policy Analyst or Director of Education Policy:

"Medical providers from all over rural Georgia are reporting new strain since the beginning of the year — the result of major policy changes in Washington that are testing the strength of the country’s safety net programs."

Join us in welcoming our new Director of Economic Security, Dr. Sonia Tetlow, to the team! She has spent 10 years at the CDC and has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as 'JAMA Network Open'

RT @CenterOnBudget: After-tax income inequality reached its widest point in at least 17 years. The 2025 reconciliation law didn't help, leaving 9 million children out of the full Child Tax Credit while expanding tax cuts that favor wealthier households. @smhingtgen explains:

Who wins when state and federal officials refuse to maintain school buildings? Wall Street. To learn more, check out Peer Equity's new report: Learning Among the Elements.

RT @CenterOnBudget: A proposed Trump Administration rule would take refundable tax credits away from roughly 1 million people, including hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizen children in families that include immigrants with lawful status.

RT @FeedingAmerica: Grit, guts and hustle. That's what Pastor Thomas sees in the Detroit neighbors who use SNAP to help feed their families. SNAP is a foundation, not a handout. Learn more: #SNAPSupports

RT @iteptweets: More state lawmakers are losing their appetite for data center tax breaks as revenue losses balloon out of control. It's clear that these enormous tax breaks were a race to the bottom without a full understanding of the costs.

ICYMI: Our annual budget primer outlining the state's budget is here, investigating how our legislature's decisions surrounding money impacts the lives of everyday Georgians.

This year we stood with partners and advocates in the wake of Trump's HR1 to help Georgia's SNAP program remain whole:

After Trump signed HR1 into law, now many Georgia children may lose access to school lunch:

Gov. Kemp directed state agencies to freeze spending next year. This comes after Kemp signed an income tax cut that primarily benefits the wealthy and takes away a third of income tax revenues that would help balance GA's budget. Read our full statement: