By Stephen Slivinski Republicans counting their losses following last Tuesday’s election learned a harsh truth: Many fiscal conservatives no longer see Democrats as the biggest impediment to tackling Big Government. Instead, they see GOP leaders in Washington as the problem. When Republicans won control...

By Drew Johnson A decade ago, Tennessee underwent welfare reform—massively overhauling the failing welfare bureaucracy—resulting in widespread job creation, business growth and a reduced burden to taxpayers. Today, business leaders and taxpayers should encourage the state to take a lesson from this...

By Drew Johnson On Tuesday, we Tennesseans will determine whether Harold Ford, Jr. or Bob Corker will become Tennessee’s newest Senator. The stakes are high since control of the Senate may hang in the balance. With Democrats seemingly on the verge of taking one, if not both, houses of Congress, it...

Drew Johnson What do Georgetown, Duke and M.I.T. have in common besides prestige, sky-high tuition fees and some of the toughest admissions standards in America? According to a recent study by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), seniors graduate from these famed universities knowing less about...

By Luci Stephens A commentary by Tennessee Center for Policy Research Education Policy Fellow Luci Stephens in the September issue of BusinessTN magazine introduces an innovative idea for improving schools by turning educators into entrepreneurs. If the scores of Tennessee’s students on recent nationwide...

Tennesseans fund legislators’ fun. State Taxpayers Fund Legislators’ Party Up to $1.4 million in state tax dollars will be used to finance tours, meals and other goodies for legislators and lobbyists from across the country when Tennessee hosts the annual meeting of the National Conference of...

By Drew Johson & Douglas Kurdziel The Tennessee Center for Policy Research proposes a solution to the wasteful problem of state-owned golf courses in a commentary article in the July issue of BusinessTN magazine. With the sunny days of summer upon us, golfers are flocking to courses across the state....

By Drew Johnson and Daniel Phillips The Tennessee Center for Policy Research recommends a “kicker law” —an innovative way to restrain state government spending—in the opinion section of Sunday’s Johnson City Press. On Saturday, July 1, the State of Tennessee began a new fiscal year by implementing...

By Drew Johnson ——————————————————————————– On June 1, 1796—210 years ago today—President George Washington signed into law the bill to...