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SURVEY: Voters oppose state control of charter schools, tougher abortion restrictions, guns on campus

March 14, 2012 By Admin Leave a Comment

Gov. Deal and the General Assembly are on the wrong side of many issues they seem to think are a priority, including state control of charter schools, concealed carry gun laws, tighter abortion restrictions, an income cap for the HOPE Scholarship and how to spend the national foreclosure settlement here in Georgia. These are the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Better Georgia, Education, HOPE, Polls Tagged With: higher ed, HOPE, polling

War on Women arrives in Georgia

March 12, 2012 By Admin Leave a Comment

In Georgia, the War on Women is escalating, the casualties are mounting and there is no end in sight. No group was harder hit by the Great Recession and Georgia’s jobless recovery than Georgia women.  But, you’d never know it by listening to the right-wing politicians in Atlanta. Instead of focusing on job creation or… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education, Healthcare, HOPE, Reproductive Rights Tagged With: abortion, higher ed, HOPE, reproductive rights

Reality Check: Undocumented students a molehill, not a mountain

March 9, 2012 By Matt Stevens 2 Comments

If you believe Sen. Barry Loudermilk (R-Cassville), undocumented students are a huge problem for Georgia’s colleges universities. These children of illegal immigrant parents simply have no place in Georgia classrooms and dorms, he says. But the secret Sen. Loudermilk and other conservative lawmakers don’t want to admit is that there are only 300 or so… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education, Equality, Rights & Justice Issues Tagged With: diversity, higher ed, schools, undocumented students

Send Gov. Deal a pee cup. Don’t drug test Georgia residents!

March 8, 2012 By Admin 1 Comment

You won’t like what Georgia state lawmakers did last night. While Georgia ranks dead last in job growth, our lawmakers ignored bills that would bring jobs back to Georgia and instead targeted people who’ve lost their jobs. On the last day for the General Assembly to pass bills through at least one chamber to give… [Read More]

Filed Under: General Assembly Tagged With: general assembly, nathan deal, video, welfare drug tests

Video: Rep. Terry England compares women to cows, pigs, chickens

March 6, 2012 By Admin Leave a Comment

A high risk pregnancy brings fear to the hearts of most couples. When a doctor tells a woman that her unborn child’s brain is not forming or that an organ has grown outside the fetus, there is a time of somber reflection and gut-wrenching contemplation. Republican lawmaker Terry England is not like most people. Instead,… [Read More]

Filed Under: General Assembly, Healthcare, Reproductive Rights Tagged With: abortion, reproductive rights, terry england, video

POLL: Drug test lawmakers, not welfare recipients

March 6, 2012 By Admin Leave a Comment

Georgia’s lawmakers are out of step with Georgia voters when it comes to drug testing people who receive benefits from the government. While lawmakers are busy creating a drug screening test for Georgia’s poorest families, they have ignored two groups that receive and control a bigger share of government money: corporate executives and elected officials…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Better Georgia, General Assembly, Polls Tagged With: general assembly, polling, welfare drug tests

Cuts to unemployment benefits may hurt economic growth

February 23, 2012 By Admin Leave a Comment

In a move that will prove short-sighted, the Georgia Legislature is on the verge of slashing already low unemployment insurance benefits. Conservative lawmakers have a Pollyanna notion that Georgians will immediately get back to work once the government checks stop. This might be true if there were plenty of jobs available. But Georgia is dead… [Read More]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: general assembly, unemployment benefits

Cecil Staton believes Atlanta students work harder than Macon students

February 19, 2012 By Admin Leave a Comment

State Senator Cecil Staton, a Macon lawmaker, took an unusual position when he argued against fixing the broken HOPE Scholarship. Staton stood in the well of the senate chamber to emphatically argue that the HOPE Scholarship and the new Zell Miller Scholarship are provided to the state’s best and brightest students — and for those… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education, HOPE Tagged With: higher ed, HOPE

Zell Miller created HOPE scholarships for low, middle-income families

February 16, 2012 By Admin Leave a Comment

Today on the Senate floor, some Georgia lawmakers stood up to explain why they don’t want to save HOPE this year. They gave a lot of reasons, including their support of Gov. Deal’s 25 new scholarships in three counties called the REACH scholarship. That’s enough scholarships for some politicians, I suppose. But time and again,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education, HOPE Tagged With: higher ed, HOPE, student loan debt

Infographic: Georgia HOPE Scholarship in Crisis

February 14, 2012 By Admin Leave a Comment

Infographic: Georgia HOPE Scholarship in Crisis

We all know the value of the HOPE Scholarship. In fact, 1.4 million Georgians have earned a HOPE Scholarship since the program started in 1993. But today the HOPE Scholarship is on the verge of financial collapse. Because the complicated policy issues around the program is tough to understand, Better Georgia put together an infographic… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education, HOPE Tagged With: higher ed, HOPE, student loan debt

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