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Gov. Deal responds to HOPE Scholarship airplane banner

Gov. Deal has once again refused to save Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship. Or act like he even cares. We all know the HOPE Scholarship is in crisis. In just two years, the HOPE Scholarship will pay less than 50 percent of tuition. We know families are struggling to keep up with the growing costs of college. And we know Gov. Deal has repeatedly promised to do nothing. That’s why on Saturday, with nearly 100,000 people —

Voters support a state government that works for them

On Tuesday, Better Georgia released a snapshot of the Presidential election from a statewide poll of Georgia voters. The complete survey results, released today, show Georgia voters support progressive solutions to issues ranging from investing in public schools to expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Georgia voters continue to support efforts to save the HOPE Scholarship. The survey reveals the strongest policy support, with 73 percent approval, for a public school trust fund to

Georgia’s lost decade: Budget cuts kill public schools, colleges

Over the past decade, Georgia lawmakers decided that paying for adequate public schools and colleges simply isn’t a priority. Who needs good schools anyway? Yesterday, we published a look at Georgia’s K-12 funding from Joe Martin. (The damage being done to public education in Georgia). And then the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute released two important reports on the state of Georgia’s public education system. The news is grim: Funding for Georgia’s schools and colleges

Why does Rep. David Casas back corporate colleges, student debt?

Rep. David Casas doesn’t want you to read this. During the rush of the final days of the 2012 General Assembly Rep. Casas tried to sneak through a bill that would have lowered educational standards for a select few colleges in Georgia and generated more student debt. To no fanfare, debate or media coverage, the Gwinnett County lawmaker quietly introduced H.B. 792 — a bill that would have reduced oversight of for-profit, corporate colleges but

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

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 results of a survey conducted by Better Georgia March 11-14.   Download a PDF of the full survey results here: Better

War on Women arrives in Georgia

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 saving the HOPE scholarship, Gov. Deal and the Republican-led legislature has been busy making it harder for women to access