Amidst discussions in the state legislature about the implications of setting up a state healthcare exchange under the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act, the Beacon Center has published a policy insight outlining the myths vs. facts of a state-run exchange. Download the one-page insight at: http://www.beacontn.org/wp-content/uploads/An-Unfair-Exchange.pdf.

Beacon Center Provides Legislature with 51 Ideas for a Prosperous Tennessee Pamphlet offers a free market idea for each remaining legislative day of the General Assembly NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee, founded as the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, today made available in electronic...

The Beacon Center’s president & CEO Justin Owen co-signed a letter today with the Dick Patten of the American Family Business Institute, American’s for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist, Duane Parde of the National Taxpayers’ Union, and Americans for Prosperity’s Tim Phillips,...

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...

Justin Owen, president & CEO of the Beacon Center, praises Farragut for its low taxes, strong education results, and job and population growth, leading it to the top of the Center’s 2011 Business-Friendly Cities rankings. This article originally appeared in Sunday’s Knoxville News Sentinel.   by...

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...

In a feature story on state Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty, the Nashville Business Journal takes note of the Beacon Center’s position on economic development incentives. From Friday’s print edition:  ”Free market gropus like Beacon Center of Tennessee...

In a recent letter sent to legislative leaders, the state Comptroller called into question the use of “tax variances” by former Dept. of Revenue commissioner Reagan Farr. As noted by Tennessee Watchdog, the commissioner appears to have used his authority to change certain companies’...