The Nashville Business Journal takes a look at the film incentives received by the TV show “Nashville,” and discusses whether those handouts should be renewed if a second season is cast. Beacon’s Director of Policy Trey Moore says no. “If it’s successful enough to be picked...

TN Report offers an interesting analysis of the fallout from Hemlock Semiconducter, which was awarded nearly $300 million in taxpayer handouts before announcing massive layoffs at its Clarksville plant. TN Report gets Beacon Director of Policy Trey Moore’s take on the consequences of corporate...

TNReport.com has a very interesting story on how the state is forking over $22 million to the film industry in what Beacon’s Trey Moore says is bad for taxpayers. “This is one of the most insidious forms of corporate welfare out there,” Trey Moore, with the free-market think tank Beacon Center,...

The Nashville Metro Council is moving toward giving HCA, the nation’s largest hospital operator, a $66 million tax break to move one county over. WSMV, Channel 4 News gets Beacon CEO Justin Owen’s reaction to the handout. Watch the interview here.

In response to Nashville Mayor Karl Dean’s proposal to raise property taxes by 13 percent, Beacon’s graphics team has put together an infographic on the mayor’s proposed budget. You can view it below or click below to download your own PDF copy. Click here for a PDF of “The Mayor’s...

As a battle brews over the governor’s proposal to allow the state to collect more information from companies that receive taxpayer money, the Nashville Business Journal talks with Beacon CEO Justin Owen about the problems with corporate welfare as a whole. Read the article, which was featured in...

Beacon president & CEO pens an article for the Daily Caller, a national publication, on how General Motors has turned to state governments for taxpayer handouts after its historic federal bailout. This follows a breaking investigative report on the subject by Chris Butler, Beacon’s director...

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...