The Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s Justin Owen takes issue with the proposed $21 million cable tax hike in an op-ed in Saturday’s Tennessean. “Technical corrections” is code name for a tax hike Last week, the governor unveiled his annual technical corrections bill. Originally...

Tennessee Center for Policy Research executive director and Tennessee Watchdog editor Clint Brewer analyzes the state’s controversial TNInvestco program and proposed changes making their way through the state legislature. A closer examination of the law, an amendment offered by Rep. Charles Sargent...

Justin Owen, director of policy at the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, makes a last minute plea for Congress to ditch a government takeover of healthcare and start over. This article originally appeared in Sunday’s Tennessean. by Justin Owen I have closely followed the health-care reform...

Tennessee Center for Policy Research director of policy Justin Owen applauds a recent Supreme Court ruling in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that corporations and labor unions — and more importantly the individuals who make up those groups — have a...

Tennessee Center for Policy Research scholar Dr. Richard Grant offers true healthcare reform based on market principles in Sunday’s Tennessean. Read the entire article here.

TCPR’s Justin Owen argues against the president’s new price control scheme for healthcare in today’s Tennessean. by Justin Owen President Obama unveiled his “new and improved” healthcare plan earlier this week and will host a healthcare summit on the plan later today. For the most...

TCPR scholar Dr. Richard Grant shows how coerced commercial activity is not in consumers’ best interest. This article originally appeared in Sunday’s Tennessean. by Dr. Richard Grant A business succeeds by moving resources from less-valued uses to higher-valued uses. The willingness of customers...

TCPR’s Clint Brewer explains why the recent Supreme Court ruling on corporate campaign activity is a victory for free speech. This article originally appeared in the Tennessean. In an age where government regulation seems to be in vogue — and possibly inevitable — for both of America’s...

TCPR scholar Dr. Richard Grant explains how healthcare “reform” is part of a larger problem. This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. If you could choose the country of your birth, would you choose a free and prosperous republic where your neighbors would respect your right to...