Beacon Center senior fellow Dr. Art Carden appeared this morning on CBC/Radio-Canada to discuss how mom and pop stores can actually compete with big box retailers despite widespread public opinion that the latter threaten local community retailers. Listen to the podcast at this link.

The Washington Examiner publishes an Associated Press story noting the Beacon Center’s role in urging Gov. Bill Haslam to support a repeal of the state death tax. Read the entire article here. Beacon’s president & CEO recently signed a letter to Haslam along with several prominent national...

The Daily Caller looks at the work of the Beacon Center and other key groups who are urging Gov. Bill Haslam to support a repeal of the state death tax. Read the entire article here.

The Times editorial board of the Chattanooga Times Free Press concurs with Beacon’s choice of the Tennessee Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association as its 2011 Lump of Coal Award winner. Read the editorial board’s position here.

Liquor Lobby Receives Lump of Coal Award for Thwarting Wine in Grocery Stores NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee (formerly the Tennessee Center for Policy Research) today announced the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee as the recipient of its 2011 Lump of Coal Award. The Beacon Center...

The Tennessean and WBIR-TV in Knoxville cover the ongoing debate to renew unemployment benefits before the end of the year. Beacon’s CEO Justin Owen cautions against the move: “The more you extend unemployment benefits to someone who’s jobless, the less likely it is that they’ll...

The Beacon Center’s Ryan Turbeville talks to Channel 4 News in Nashville about a state lawmaker’s proposal to require voter approval of any local property tax increases that are greater than one percent. Click here to watch the entire interview.

The media has extensively covered the Beacon Center’s recent report, How Business-Friendly are Tennessee’s Cities?, since its release earlier this week. Below is a list of the mentions so far on television and in newspapers, with links. Click here to read the release of the report itself.   Nashville...

The Beacon Center’s Justin Owen takes the state Dept. of Human Services to task for its failure to oversee a federal welfare program that gives debit cards to families in need. A WSMV, Channel 4 News investigation found that the debit cards were being swiped at adult bookstores and bars. “Is...