Tennessee Center for Policy Research president Justin Owen sits down with the Knoxville News Sentinel to discuss the benefits of our state’s tax structure compared to that of other states. Tennessee relies more on a consumption-based sales tax and lacks a state income tax that has hampered both...

Justin Owen, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, discusses the efforts to curb lawsuit abuse in the state legislature on WATE-Knoxville’s “Tennessee This Week.” Watch the entire segment at www.tennesseethisweek.com.

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today announced that it has added five senior fellows to its team. Former state Rep. Donna Barrett, University of Tennessee professor Harold Black, Rhodes College professor Art Carden, Lipscomb University professor Richard Grant, and Paul Stumb,...

NASHVILLE – A recent survey of likely voters shows that Tennesseans support current efforts to curb lawsuit abuse. The poll was commissioned by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research and conducted under the supervision of Dr. David Woodard, a political science professor at Clemson University. The...

The Nashville Business Journal, which has covered the issue of government incentives in the area of economic development, notes the Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s position on the issue. “Others, like the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, argue that incentives are unfair to companies...

Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s Justin Owen co-authors an article with the Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner reflecting on the one year anniversary of the federal healthcare reform law. The article originally appeared in today’s Knoxville News Sentinel. by Michael Tanner &...

This morning, the House Finance Subcommittee voted 7-6 to pass HB130, the bill to limit collective bargaining by teachers’ unions. Speaker Beth Harwell used her prerogative to cast the tie-breaking vote, keeping the measure alive. Tennessee Center for Policy Research president Justin Owen issued...

WSMV, Channel 4 News conducted a follow-up on a story originally published by Tennessee Watchdog, an investigative reporting and government watchdog project of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, about the Four Lake Authority which appears to be wasting millions of taxpayer dollars. Watch Channel...

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today joined Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey as he launched a new project design to cut red tape in government. TCPR president Justin Owen had the following to say: “Government is not good at creating jobs, but it’s very good at destroying them through burdensome...