The Atlanta City Council this week submitted a request to the state legislature asking them to repeal the state’s prohibition on rent controls. Citing rising housing costs, the Atlanta officials hope that allowing for rent control might lead to more affordable housing within city limits. However, 81% of economists agree that rent control is a bad policy, one that decreases stock of rental units, driving the average price up not down, and actually further fuels gentrification rather than limiting it. With a legislature that figures to be very reluctant to institute such a policy, the bid for rent control in Atlanta is SINKING…
Raising the Age of Adult Criminal Responsibility a Matter of Dollars and (Common) Sense
The budget crunch is on, and bean counters are hard at work trying to figure out a way to balance the state’s budget, keep Georgia’s coveted AAA bond rating, and do so without disrupting productivity. This will take a delicate balancing act, and while lawmakers...Is Junk DUI Science Sending Innocent Georgians to Jail?
There have been over 300,000 DUI convictions in Georgia over the last ten years, but new evidence suggests that many of these individuals, who had their lives turned upside down, may have been innocent. In a recently published exposé, The New York Times...Rather than knee-jerk vaping bans, government should wait for the facts
Whenever the political left and right agree on an issue, odds are it is beneficial and will help Americans. At least that’s what I once believed. Recent events, however, have encouraged me to rethink this maxim. Following a spate of vaping-related illnesses,...Kemp’s Budget Cuts Are a Welcome Reversal
Few governors request state agencies to revise and reduce their budgets when the economy is humming, but Brian Kemp isn’t your average governor. He recently sent instructions to his agency chiefs to cut spending. Specifically, he requested a 4 percent reduction...
