March 24, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 24, 2023

It’s Friday! Any hope of reforming the state’s regulatory system for approving new healthcare facilities in 2023 appears to be effectively dead with only two legislative days remaining in the […]
March 17, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 17, 2023

It’s Friday! The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism advanced House Bill 514 this week, legislation limiting the ability of local governments to enact moratoriums on building new housing to no […]
March 10, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 10, 2023

It’s Friday! The Georgia legislature has advanced two issues that lawmakers have been debating under the Gold Dome for years. In some cases, decades. Senate Bill 99, sponsored by Sen. […]
March 3, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 3, 2023

It’s Friday! We are in the heart of the legislative session, with only 13 days left on the calendar. And on Monday, we will hit our first major deadline of […]
February 24, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: February 24, 2023

It’s Friday! Craft brewing is a cultural phenomenon that has progressed from a niche hobby to a ubiquitous growing industry for many Americans over the course of only a few […]
February 17, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: February 17, 2023

It’s Friday! Some bad ideas just won’t go away. MARTA released details last fall on a plan to extend its streetcar 2.5 miles to Atlanta’s Beltline. Previously, the Georgia Public […]
February 10, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: February 10, 2023

It’s Friday! As rising housing costs continue to frustrate developers and buyers, it remains important for citizens to understand what goes into those costs – especially if they seem arbitrary or unnecessarily […]
February 3, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: February 3, 2023

It’s Friday! There once was a time when comedy was something that could bring people together. It was the job of comedians and satirists to mock and ridicule our largest […]
January 26, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: January 27, 2023

It’s Friday! As Georgia celebrates National School Choice Week, the legislature is already looking to expand the tax credit scholarship program. And other proposals might move forward that give parents […]
January 20, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: January 20, 2023

It’s Friday! Georgia lawmakers brought a tax reform package across the finish line in 2022 that will change the state’s progressive income tax to a 5.49% flat tax beginning in […]
January 13, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: January 13, 2023

It’s Friday! Georgia is the best in the nation when it comes to college football. That is undisputed. But one public policy area where Georgia needs work is occupational regulations. […]
January 6, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: January 6, 2023

It’s Friday! The 2023 edition of the Georgia legislature includes more than its fair share of unknowns. Or as we say in the South, it will be as clear as […]
December 22, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 23, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Santa Claus is comin’ to town this week. Legislators don’t arrive until next month. When they do arrive at the Capitol, there will be lots of […]
December 16, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 16, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Atlanta, like most metro areas, has seen its home prices fall since peaking in the summer of 2022. This recent decline obscures the long-term trend: Atlanta’s […]
December 9, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 9, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: A new international report says Georgia is one of the freest places to live in North America. Sounds great but what does that mean? The Fraser Institute annually […]
December 2, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 2, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Atlanta is No. 1 again, but not for a desirable reason. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that no other large American city has higher income inequality than […]
November 29, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 25, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Georgians are faced with serious problems that affect their daily lives, their futures and their children’s futures. Some of them are urgent and require attention and […]
November 18, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 18, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Georgia, like much of the nation, faces a severe housing shortage. Build-to-rent homes may offer a solution, but why are some Georgia communities trying to ban […]
November 14, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 11, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Today is Veterans Day. In this week’s commentary, investigative journalist Chris Butler shares his thoughts on how Americans currently view the holiday. Many veterans feel overlooked, […]
November 7, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 4, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: In this week’s commentary Director of Policy and Research Chris Denson reflects on the perplexing reasons behind the recent closure of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center and what it will mean for […]
October 21, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 21, 2022

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” –Arthur Schopenhauer “When the whole world is […]
August 5, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 5, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.” -Bill Russell 1934-2022 “Science is not a boy’s game, it’s not a […]
July 29, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 29, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “The thing I remember best about successful people I’ve met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they’re doing… and it seems […]
July 22, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 22, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” –Winston Churchill “Identifying […]
July 8, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 8, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” –Peter Marshall […]
June 24, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: June 24, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.” –Albert Einstein “The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues […]
June 17, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: June 17, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “Since there is no such entity as ‘the public,’ since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that ‘the public interest’ supersedes […]
June 3, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: June 3, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note“One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.” – C. S. Lewis “The most improper job of any […]
May 27, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 27, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note“Duty, honor, country. These three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” – Gen. Douglas MacArthur […]
May 20, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 20, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?… Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. […]